Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08

GUS acts of assembly. involving o
siderable increase of bookkeeping.
the two new funds are the banking
department and State road bond
funds, both created by acts of as
sembly this year. The act reorgan-
. izing the Banking Department made
it self supporting, fees to furnish
the cash, while the proceeds of the
sale of road bonds and the moneys
to form the sinking fund by direct
appropriation and otherwise are to
be kept separately from the old
State sinking Iund which contains
~S65S,320.26, the amount of bonds of
the State outstanding and which
could be paid off in an hour if the
holders would only present them.
Some of these bonds may lev be
heard of, but the money must be
held.
The funds which are now carried
are the general, from which the
money to run the Government and
to pay appropriations is taken; the
sinking; the road bond fund, Tor
which the general appropriation bill
will carry appropriations OF some
thing like $~1,400,000 of SINKING
fund; the game protection and
bounty funds which share alike in
proceeds of the hunters licenses
State fire insurance fund and state
school fund, which contain the uh-
invested cash of these funds, both OF
which are increasing; prison TABOR
manufacturing, fish propagation anu
!, Federal vocational education lunus'
1.-THE latter being money paid by the
United States Government.
scott Won't neutrality-suspicious.
John r. K. Scott will not be a can
didate for Council in
under the new plan.
/ Going to Camp-Adjutant Genera
Frank d. Beary will go 10 the MI
litia Camp at Mt. Gretna FRIDAY f1e
will remain there all week.
Thaw Case To-morrow.-The ap-
n,ication for extradition to New
York of Harry K. Thaw will be
heard Tor before Attorney
Genera William I. Schaffer to whom
the matter has been referred by
governor William C. Sproul. This
is the second application to be made,
1.-The first having been refused in 1917
when Attorney General francis
skunk Brown wrote an
opinion. The new application is
based upon the ground that Thaw
was sufficiently sane to be allowed
70 go TO Pittsburgh with an attend
ant.
No Sessions Set.-No meeting of
the Public Service Commission Will
be held this week, all business nav
ing been deferred until Monday.
Several hearings on crossing n
similar matters are scheduled Tor
tomorrow together with the appll-
cations for chartering a number of
electric companies.
' To Make Surveys.-Arrangements
have been made by State Forestry
officials to make surveys for several
tracts on the Susquehanna and Ohio
watersheds in Western Pennsylva-
MIA which have been offered to the
state for extension of its reserves.
The PURCHASES will be made as soon
as the funds are available under APP
preparation bills.
Justice Kcphart Here Justice
John W. Kephart. of the Supreme
Court, was among visitors to the
CAPITOL to-day. He called upon a
number of officials and was heartily
greeted.
Legislators Here. Representative
c. G.. Jordan, of Lawrence county,
was among Capitol visitors.
Many at Capitol.-The opening OF
bids for the States record breaking
list of contracts attracted many Wis
itors to the Capitol to-day. Dozens
of the biggest contracting firms in
the country were represented.
Snyder Rcturns.-Auditor General
Charles A. Snyder returned to Har-
risburg last evening from a visit to
Philadelphia whore he was in con-
sultation with officials.
F.. A. Jones Visits.-E. A. Jones,
former deputy State Highway Com
missioner came here from Scranton
on road matters.
Many Want to Entcr.-"Applica-
tons for commissions in the reor-
Eanized National Guard of Pennsyl-
wanna are exceeding our most 3D.
timistic expectations" said Captain
Robert Morris. aide to Major Cen
e-al William G. Price, Jr.. in charge
Of recruiting for the new National
Guard yesterday. General Prices
headquarters are in the Philadelphia
Cavalry Squadron Armory. All ap-
plications for commissions in the Ma
tional Guard are kept on file, and
the applicants later will he required
to take competitive physical and men
tai examinations to decide who will
merit a commission in the new or
~ganization.
$500 MwrAA $780,