Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-26

MOST or the money has gone to the
smaller districts only a few of the
cities having received much money
ana most of them only on account
OF the sums allotted to them.
state Treasurer II. Nj. Kephart
mad adopted a plan of paying dis
tricts according to the alphabetical
standing OF the counties and Luzerne
VIII be taken up within a few days.
IN addition the usual payments at
thls time of the year have been
made to other educational activities.
The State fiscal year will close on
saturday and it is likely that the
S6O,OOO,OO0 mark will be reached.
me revenue now is far ahead of any
previous record. but there are heavy
appropriations ahead to pay.
In accordance with custom most
OF the departments OF the State
capitol closed late to-day for the
thanksgiving holiday and some of
tnem Will not reopen until Monday.
The fiscal departments, however,
Will remain open owing to the close
or the financial year which comes
with November and there will be no
saturday holiday in these offices as
many thousands of dollars are ex-
pected TO come in.
The Public Service Commission
week. Monday the argument in the
Pittsburgh Railways case will come
up for hearing. 1t will be the final
stage in that prolonged litigation.
The Wilkes-Barre Railway cases are
now in the hands of the commission
for decision.
The State Compensation Board
has ordered q new hearing in the
compensation. claim of Kerrigan VS..
American International Shipbuild-
ing Corporation, Philadelphia, for
purposes of further inquiry. The
Board adopted findings of referees
in Donate VS.. Empire Engineering
Co., Philadelphia; DeCarle vs. Wells
bach Street Lighting Co., Philadel-
phia, and dismissed these cases:
Porte VS.. Brusco; and Vance VS..
Knots Sons, Philadelphia; Hohl VS..
Brooke Iron Co., Birdsboro; Buckin-
eskey VS.. Price-Pancoast Coal Co.,
Troop and Gibbons VS.. Hudson Coal
Co, Scranton.
The State Department of AgricuI-
ture has issued warnings against
wheat pests and estimates that much
damage is done by the barberry. 1t
aids the propagation of the wheat
rust it is claimed. The Department
is also warning against the wheat
midge which does much damage.
Data gathered by the State De-
partment of Agriculture is declared
to show that the number of dogs
killed in the State last year because
they We're not licensed reached a
total of 1925. There were 362.249
licensed. according to reports from
all counties. The department esti-
mates that the number of silos built
in the State this year was over H.
600, making grand total of 43,657
in the State, most of them in the
Northern tier.
Governor Sproul is to attend the
Pennsylvania Society dinner in New
York in December.
The State Compensation Board
will meet in Philadelphia next week.
The State Highway Department
has revoked the 1919 automobile
registration of Louis DePerry, Al
Fernando Street, Pittsburgh, who
held license Ne. 352,971. The re-
vocation came as a result of a GER
tificate from the Public Service
Commission setting forth that
DePerry operated the motor vehicle
registered under license No. 352,971
as a common carrier of passengers,
without the approval of the Public
Service Commission. as required by
law. This was determined by the
Commission at a hearing held in
Pittsburgh, October %. The State
Highway Commissioner, under the
act of July 8, 1919, has power to re-
woke vehicle licenses in cases of this
kind.
senator c. j. Buchanan, of Bucks