Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-17
CITIZENSHIP TO
BE BIG THEME
Educational Congress Starts
Tonight in Hall of House
of Representatives

foreign-born for citizenship in Penn
sylvania are to be the big themes in
the State educational congress which
is to open at the hall of the House
of Representatives tonight. The
meeting will be continued until
Friday evening, there being twenty
five divisional meetings during the
day and a general meeting each eve
ming.
The addresses tonight will in
clude the Governor and n number
of prominent educators, but owing
TO an attack of grip DIR. Thomas +.
Finegan, the State superintendent of
public inseruction. who arranged the
conference, will be unable to speak
for several days at least.
The views of educators and men
of business in regard to Americana
zation will be submitted and studied
for the working out of a State policy.
State revenues have been jumping
as the close of the fiscal year ap-
proaches and there is a possibility
that they may go close to $50, 0,000.-
600. They have already broken all
records and some of the big cor
porations are working in their final
settlements.
State Department of Mines reports
to-day indicated that in some dis
dricts where miners have been on
strike lately there was a general re-
turn to work to-day, but that in 9TH
ers men remained out. Mine in
spectors have been requested to send
definite reports on the situation.
The incorporation of Hershey
~ flNnr Nf Ni- hos
been prot ested by the Hershey
Chocolate Company.
Ex-Governor Martin G.. Brum-
baugh. who was to have been the
chief speaker at the anniversary of
the Germantown Church of the
Brethren last night was unable to at
tend and it was announced that he
had been sent south on Federal gov
ernment work.
The Newton Electric Company, of
Huntingdon. has filed notice of in
crease of it's debt to $4,000.
The Commonwealth Trust Com
pany. of Harrisburg, has filed notice
of its stock increase from $3.50, 900
to 100000.
Director Frank Il. McClain. of the
State Welfare Commission. is now
turning his guns on owners of apart
ment houses in Philadelphia who
have boosted rents without any rea-
son. Some instances of $40 ad-
vance have been found.
No meeting of the Board of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings will be
held tomorrow it was announced
to-day.
The Children's Aid Society, of
Philadelphia, is held not to be a
nn tai4r h,.f
which comes under the provisions of
the act of 1919 requiring filing of
statements of receipts and expendi-
lures with the State Board of Pub
lie Charities in an opinion by Deputy
Attorney General w. NJ. largest to-
day. The society being a chartered
concern with agents and visitors in
Colum bia, Lancaster. Chester. Brad
ford and Lehigh counties as we'll as
offices in Philadelphia is held not to
be a community organization under
recent decisions constructing the act
of 1919.
Questions involving standardiZa-
tion of contracts for cutting timber
on State forest reserves which have
been under discussion for months
were before the State Forest Com
mission for action to-day. Efforts
will be made TO set aside some con-
tracts which have not vet had ap-
proval of the commission.
Charles T.. HantZnlan, mess ser
geant ofCompany I. I.Second Infantry,
Reserve Militia. Harrisburg. was to-
day promoted to be second lieuten-
ant succeeding F. F. Bruker. who
has been second lieutenant since the
company was organized.
heard argument in the Shubert The
ater electrical chain from PhiladeI-
phia which involves the contract for
wiring of a theater.
James +. Woodward. secretary of
internal affairs, acted as n first aid
chief yesterday while coming from
Pittsburgh to Harrisburg Near the
crest of the mountain near McCon-
nellsburg he found an automobile
had gone over the side and was 200
feet down lodged against trees. He
helped get woman and her three
children out of the wreck and took
them to Chambersburg.
The Universal Public Sign Conn
pany, of Philadelphia. was chartered
to-day with $4,000 capital. E. r.
CARPENTER. LaPorte, is treasurer.
Harry \. Mackey. chairman OF the
state Compensation Board, has is-
sued an appeal to labor to remain at
work and to repel those who sug-
gest adjusting grievances or imagin-
ary troubles by force. Labor. he saws
is at its hour of trial and should NOT
be misled by bad advice.