Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-28
ENGINEER CORPS
MAY Be INCREASED
Application Made For Second
Company to Be Established in
in Scranton City

k.ssz=.:a.s::;. s.:::sss.rS adelphia and one
in Scranton, and IL the third COM
pany's formation Is authorized it is
probable that there will be q battalion
OF that army of the service.
The announcement regarding an
nual encampment of the organizations
of the Guard this year is contingent
upon the extent and time of the
maneuvers planned for the vicinity of
the National capital. When the scope
and time are known the organization
Will be selected.
The Third Regiment of Philadelphia
has just received eight additional army
wagons for field transportation, maxi
ing its equipment fourteen. The First
Regiment now has fourteen and the
Second eighteen. Other regiments will
be equipped from time to time.
Room Needed.-The Board of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings is confront
ed with the problem of finding quar-
ters for the new bureaus of the public
service commission, whoch has been
authorized, but which in the crowded
condition of the State Capitol, there
is no place to locate. In the last few
years 1t has been necessary to find
quarters for seven branches of the
State government in other buildings
and buildings bought for the extension
of Capitol Park have been utilized for
two of them, the others being in office
buildings in the central part of the
city. The Public Service Commission
occupies the fourth floor of the east
wing of the Capitol and the heads of
the traffic. engineering and accounts
bureaus are in the same office with the
secretary. A number of the commit
tee rooms of the Legislature are now
being used for Offices and practically
the whole top floor is now in use for
engineers of various departments so
that when the general assembly meets
there will be a demand for still more
quarters.
Auto Money Subtitle answer of
the Auditor General in the automobile
income suit will be filed next week.
1t is the plan of the State officials to
secure an early argument.
In Courts Hands.-The question of
whether Philadelphia can set aside the
act OF 1905 governing appointment of
| registrars is now In Judge Kunkefs
hands, having been argued yesterday
| by Deputy Attorney General ]. T.. B.
Cunningham and Frank p. Pritchard
and James Gay Gordon, Jr.
Captain Retired. - Captain David
Percy, Company ]. l,inth Infantry, has
been retired at his request.
Baldwin's Warming. State Fire
Marshal j. l.. Baldwin to-day issued
this warning: This department has
information that person giving the
name of p. w. Coggins is travelling
through the State carrying a card of
identification representing himself as
an assistant State fire marshal and an
agent of the Gamewell Fire Alarm
Manufacturing Company and is un-
lawfully soliciting advertisements from
merchants. This man is not and never
mas been in any way connected with
this department All assistant State
fre marshals are hereby instructed
that should any person either under
the name of Coggins or other name,
come to your town and endeavor to
obtain your assistance in the soliciting
| or advertisements, claiming to be the
| representative of this department.
have him arrested at once and notify
the State Fire Marshal either by tele-
phone or telegraph"
Petitions Filed. - Representative
Horace c, Garner, of Shippensburg, to-
day filed a petition to be candidate
| Tor denomination on the Democratic
ticket in the Cumberland county leg
islative district. Other petitions filed
FOR nominations to the House were as
follows: - William II. Martin, Butler,
democrat, Butler county; IL. +. G.
Harper, New Castle, Republican. Law
renee county; Gus Splitter. Evergreen.
Republican, Twelfth Allegheny; III. u.
Kistner, Reading, Republican,, First
Berks; Ira E. Shaffer, Mt. Carmel,
Republican, northumberland; Wallace
Rnnn W 10 4,
Allegheny; Samuel McCurdy, Holli-
daysburg, Republican, Second Blair;
Harry r. Samson, Ariel, Washington,
Wayne; l. d. Musser, Miffiin, present
member, Democrat, Juniata and J.
Fl. Werllmeister, Pittsburgh, Repub-
lican, Sixth Allegheny.
Petitions were filed for the Repub-
lican State committee by r. L. Eyre,
West Chester, and Fred T. Mcdonald.
Charles M. Shortt, Sugar Grove, War
rem county, Forty eighth district; J.
F. Weaver, Jr.. Clearfield, filed for the
Democratic State committee.
Spring Arbor Days. Governor
Tener to-day announced that Fridays
April II and April "a, would be the
Spring arbor days. State Superinten-
dent of Public instruction SchaefYer
will urge that the days be observed in
schools.
Spoke at Lancaster. Governor
Tener spoke at the Stevens school ex-
ercises at Lancaster last evening. He
returned to-day.
File by May Persons desiring
to secure State licenses as chiropodists
and drugless healers must file their
applications by May l.
Leper in New York State.-Accord-
ing to reports received at the State
Department of Health the leper who
escaped from Oil City is in New York
State. The steps to be taken about
him have not been determined.