Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-20

aAsgyGUUa make f,iday,t ONLY mSs eme ome
SszsS5zz5Ss=% nounced by the
snassH' saxzS S t a tie Highway
Department to-day.
This ruling was made by Commits
sioner l.. $. Sadler to-day as the re-
suit of some complaints made to him
about the form of the applications
and the change will save consider
able inconvenience and duplication
of notarial fees.
In statement issued at the de-
partment it is said: '"The Automo-
bile Division of the State Highway
Department to-day announced that
1t is not necessary for the owner of
an automobile who intends to drive
his machine himself to make two
aiildaNits. only one is necessary. 1t
is suggested that the notary fill in
the space on the face of the applica-
ton. The owner must sign on both
sides. If, however, the notary should
fill in the space on the reverse side
of the application instead of on the
face the application will be accepted.
Only one affidavit is needed and auto
mobile owners applying for q license
to operate their own vehicles should
pay the notary only one fee for an
affidavit"
Pcmsylyania'S plan for industrial
rehabilitation will be put into effect
next week the first application
blanks to persons hurt in state in
dustrial establishments having been
mailed to ii individuals whose
names had been certified to Chief S.
S. Riddle. of the new bureau. The
new bureau is Il part of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry and on
the forms win be stated information |
which will enable it to be determined |
whether the person comes undeR the !
benefits of the law or not. The idea |
is to mail the blanks to persons who |
are found by the system of reports |
on accidents and through the State |
Compensation Bureau to have been |
injured so that to be self-supporting |
they will need the aid of the State |
either in hospital treatment or edu- |
cation. one of the facts that will |
be asked will be whether the appli- |
cant knows English. Three of the |
first applications went to Philadel- !
phia county, two to Lehigh and Lu- !
zerne and one each to Allegheny, !
Franklin, Northampton, Northum- !
berland, Lackawanna. Westmoreland |
and York. Two of the persons are |!
women who have each lost an arm.
Upon receipt of the applications the |,
State will establish a course of care |
to overcome the disability.
Commissioner of Labor and In |
dustry G. B. Connolly has issued a |
warning against violation of the |
womens employment hours during |
the Christmas holidays buying sea- |
son. The Pennsylvania limit is 54 !
hours a week, but females over l6 !
may work longer than the regular |
hours three days u week, com
mencing Monday. in order to help |
ho ,i1cb and nNnTtinlp is then |
limited to two hours Il day. Only |
women over 81 may be employed |
after 8 at night. The Commissioner |
called attention to the fact that the |
hours of persons between IA and 6 |
are not changed, being limited to 81 |
hours a week or nine day.
Hearings will be held during the |
coming week in Philadelphia, Har- |
risburg and Pittsburgh by the Public !
Service Commission, but none will
be held Wednesday and Thursday |
according to announcement made |
to-day. The Philadelphia list in |
cludes complaints against power !
rates in the Allentown district and is
scheduled for Friday. The Pitts |
burgh list is for Monday on Scoot- |
dale water rates. Argument Will be |
heard here Monday on the Gordon
Vile station complaint from Lancas- |
ter county and Erie county gas rates. |
Tuesday the Philadelphia Electric |
Company will ask the right to fur |
nish power in Cheltenham township, !
Montgomery county, and complaints |
against trolley fares in Indiana !
county and the State Highway De- |
partment complaint against the Para |
disc bridge in Lancaster county will |
come up.
State farmers institutes which |
have been in progress since the ilrst
of the month will be discontinued |
during Christmas week, but will be |
resumed late in the month in five |
counties. The plan is to conduct the |
meetings until March, changing |
schedules to meet conditions.
The Pany Realty Corporation. of |
this city, has been granted n State |
charter with capital of $4,000, th< |
incorporators being John f.. Fox, |
John r. Geyer and c. Floyd Hopkins, |
of this city, who have incorporated |
several similar companies. Other |
charters issued were Monarch Wall |
Paper Company, Harrisburg, capital |
$4,000 incorporators f. w. Lingle |
and NJ. l.. FoutZ, Harrisburg, and III. |
j. Hamme, Camp Hill; and the Auto
motive Company, Lebanon, capital
$4,000, incorporators j. S. Knoll |
and Cyrus L. Patschke, Lebanon.
More than 200 charters have been
issued this week and the aggregate
capital runs into the millions
Horace B. King, of this city, is
treasurer of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, of Allentown, just
chartered.
The mgcrsoll Engineering and
Construction Company. of Pitts
burgh. has filed notice of dissolution.
The cold weather of this week has
kept down the number of visitors to
the State Capitol and the register
has a rather lean look.
The Eastern Refractorics Com
pany of Bellefonte, has filed notice
of increase of debt to amount of ST.