Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-03

2S>sk acts include bills
payable on demand as we'll as de-
poslts payable on demand, and he
holds that "the reserve to be main
tanned on account of deposits of
money subject to check or payable
on demand should be calculated on
the basis of Is per centum of the
demand deposits, bills payable on
demand and all other demand liabili-
ties distinction should be made
between bills payable on demand and
bllls payable on time. Bills paw
able on time need not be considered
in computing the amount of reserve
TO be carried for the protection of
demand deposits; which reserve shall
only be 10 per cent of demand liabili-
ties"
In other opinions it is held that
banks and trust companies need not
take out licenses to sell steamship
tickets, but that agents and others
who must may be required to pre-
sent sureties that will satisfy the
Com missioner of Banking.
MT. Myers has held in al opinion
to the board of managers of the
State village for feeble minded wo-
men at I.aurelton that the question
of age at which women are to be
admitted is one for the courts of
quarter sessions and the managers
nave no discretion to receive or re-
1use the admission of the person"
The opinion was given in constituting
the act of July 16, 1919.
Reports OH the opening of the
states rabbit season on Saturday in
dicate that in many of the southern
counties there was fair hunting un-
til the rains set in. Game wardens
are calling 70 ha
son limit and that traps are forbid
den except box traps by boys on
lands where they reside.
Serious loss to the apple growers
of Pennsylvania, especially in the
South Mountain belt, has been re-
ported, due to the excessive drop
ping of fruit which has been caused
by continued wet weather and the
nigh temperature for the latter part
OF October. The prospects for the
crop, even including the yield of
the young apple trees just COM
mencing to bear, were reported re-
Gently by the Department of Agri-
culture, as less than for the last
few years and the dropping of the
fruit has caused a further reduction
of the crop. Some of the firms in
the apple-growing counties of Cen
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their prices on this falls packing.
Dozens of letters are being re-
| ceived daily by the Public Service
Commission in regard to the plans
for the enforcement of the new lit
ney applications. Most of the in
quiries come from Philadelphia and
requests are made for certificates.
| The Commission bureaus are prepar-
ing for vigorous enforcement of the
new regulations this winter, not only
in Philadelphia, but in Pittsburgh,
Srranton, Harrisburg and other
| places.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for the Matching of land
locked salmon eggs for Pennsylvania
lakes. This will be the first time
this has been undertaken and a sup
ply has been received from New
York and other states by Commits
sioner of Fisheries N. r. Butler, who
will have the eggs hatched at one
of the State hatcheries and placed
4 in two or three lakes. The expert
ments will cover four years. Sew
eral states which have lake similar
to those in Northern Pennsylvania
have been successful with this noted
game fish.
Owners or agents cannot deprive
tenants of water or light, even if
they refuse to pay rentals. All such
cases will be prosecuted under the
health laws, says eX-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Frank B. McClain, chairman
of the Public Welfare Commission,
which is conducting the probe of
rent profiteering and realty specula-
ton in Philadelphia. Mr.. McClain
took this stand after tenants pro-
tective associations brought to his
attention instances of landlords at
tempts to force eviction of tenants
by turning off the water supply. The
tenants had refused to pay what they
termed exorbitant increases in rent.