Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

have been reporting some outbreaks,
there has been an unusual crop OF
scare" reports coming to the Capt.
toll Most of them have come at
night and have been of a character
to cause prompt orders for inquir-
les.
These reports have come mainly
from rural districts and quite a rev
have been of a most alarming ma
ture. Physicians in the neighbor-
hood have been sent to make. in
.vestigations and county medical Of
ficers have also been detailed. In
nine cases out of ten the reports
have shown single case and In
some instances none at all instead OF
people dying and starving.
Meetings Duc.-The State Com
pensation Board will meet in Potts
Vile January 80; Wilkes Barre Feb
ruary and Scranton February 8.
Many NOtarics.-Over 25O notar-
les public whose appointments were
confirmed by the State Senate this
week are now being commissioned.
1T is one of largest lists to be sent
TO the State Department in a long
time.
Board Mccting.-The meeting of
the State Armory Board has been
postponed until the February ses-
sion, when organization will take
place for the year. Plans for addl-
tional buildings will also be acted
upon.
Must Use Charters. THE Attor-
new Generals Department has cited
fourteen trust companies chartered
in the last hak dozen years into
court to show cause why charters
should not be removed because or
failure to begin business. Some pro-
ceedings instituted in 1915 against
trust companies for failing to eXer-
else charter rights have also been
listed with the new actions for hear
ing in the Dauphin county court on
February 8.
Bond Issues.-The Public Service
Commission has announced that the
following certificates of notification
have been issued: Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Railways Company, Pottsville,
bonds, $1,000; Easton Transit Com
pany, Easton. extending date of ma
turity on 100000 bonds: Erie Elec-
trio Motor Company, Erie, bonds.
$250,000: Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, notes, $216,OOO,
stock. $4,000; Penn Central Light
and Power Company. Altoona; bonds;
$4,000; Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, bonds, s50,000,000.
War Board to Meet.-Members of
the State Defense Commission have
been called to meet in the office of
Governor Sproul next Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock to launch the work
of the Commission under the new ad-
ministration. The most important
matter to be considered will be the
scope of the State Council of National
Defense activities, some of which are
due to be closed upon February l.
Care for returning soldiers and vari-
Gus food and milk problems, as well
as the agricultural end of the COM
mittee's work. will be considered.
Just what will be done about the
War Service Bureau, created for DR..
Martin G. Brumbaugh, is not known.
There are rumors that 1t will be abol-
ished, which would take with 1t the
$4,000 job. In view of the former
Governors statement that he had a
foreign assignment in mind. the
Commission may act promptly.
Schedule Approved. - The Public
Service Commission to-day issued an
order approving a graded ready to
serve" schedule of gas charges for
the Penn Central Light and Power
Company, in the complaint of the
Lewistown Borough Council. The
Commission had directed that such a
schedule be filed when 1t dismissed
the portion of the complaint relative
to electric rates.