Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-16
JACKSON To NAME
FIVE COMMITTEES
Men Will Make Suggestions For
Enforcement Of the State
Labor Laws at Once
NO SPRING DUCK HUNTING
DR.. Kalbfus Calls Attention to the
Effect of the New Federal
Regulation

lDuuDus sI.l ss IAs se7ss sss,:', .,I;Ss Ave- Ave-
- s::;::,.rlsj ity, namely safety
appliance, fire prevention. sanitation,
construction and elevators. The COM
mittees will get to work very shortiy
and help In the reasonable and ade-
quate enforcement Of the acts.
Lew r. Palmer. of the department,
Is speaking to-day at Pittsburgh on
the saefty movement big meeting
having been arranged. DR.. j. II.
Sayre to consult with officers of the
State Medical Society about that
branch of the work and tomorrow
James A. Stees will go to Reading to
offer mediation in the textile strike.
Mr.. Wilson Here.-George p. Will
son, Of Philadelphia, the new chief
of the traffic division of the Public
Service Commission, assumed his du-
ties to-day and will complete its or
ganization Immediately. The COM
mission is expected to name an eng1-
neer within q few days.
Big IncreaseS.-Notices of big is
sues Of bonds were filed at the Capitol
to-day by the Philadelphia Suburban
Gas and Electric Co., amounting to
s4,234, 600 and the Luzerne County
Gas and Electric Co., s1,953,000. Both
companies are controlled in Philadel-
phia.
Government Hit.-The Public Serv-
ice Commission was to-day asked by
the Philadelphia and Eastern Electric
Railway Company IL IL could furnish
free transportation to inspectors of
the United State Post Office Depart
ment in connection with the carrying
of mail between Doylestown and
Easton. For years this free service
has been given, but company officials
want to be sure it is allowed by the
public service law of 1913.
Governor Home.--Governor Tener
was at his office this morning, re-
freshed By his trip to North Carolina
and received a number of heads or
departments for discussion of govern
ment matters.
To Select Roads.-Highway Com
missioner z. NJ. Bigelow will probably
announce some of tie road: to be
built by State aid this Spffng within
a few days. The plans are rapidly
being prepared.
Grade Crossings.-A hearing will
be held tomorrow by the Public
Service Commission on the condition
of grade crossings in Columbia. A
report on them was made by Investi-
gator ]. P. Donohey The Washing
ton Fair Association complains to the
commission that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company compels it to de-
post a guarantee of SIS a day for
shuttle train service between the fair
grounds and Washington. The dis
tance is less than four miles and the
complainant believes that this guar
antee is enacted because the company
does not furnish sufficient number
of collectors to collect all the fares
before the terminal is reached.
No Spring Duck Hunting.-Dr. Jo-
seph Kalbfus, secretary of the State
Game Commission, just home from
Washington is planning warning to
the hunters OF the State that there
will be no Spring duck shooting in
PENNSYLVANIA. The federal regula-
tions now supersede State laws. In
Pennsylvania no ducks can be shot
before September 1.
State Charters.-The following State
charters have been granted: The In
dependent Company. publishers,
Honesdale. capital $4,000; Pittsburgh
Commercial Paper Company, Pitts
burgh, capital $4,000; Maple Cream
cry Company, Warren, capital $4,000;
Haverford Township Building and
Loan Association, Llanerch, capital
81 100000.
Petitions Ffled.-In the three weeks
in which filing of nominating petitions
for the May primary has been legal
there have been entered at the Capitol
twenty petitions by candidates for
nominations to the House, three by
candidates for State senatorial nomi-
nations and ten for State committee
places. The time for filing will ex-