Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-13

mentS and who live in other States
will be here. Adjutant General Stew
art will proceed at once with the de-
tails and arrangements for the parade
feature will be made, while Superln-
tendent Rambo will provide stand
for the exercises. The committee will
wait until Friday for responses from
regimental associations or senior Of
ficers where there are none, and il no
to bear the flags.
The commission met in the Gov
ernor's office late yesterday and named
Major Moses Veale, of Philadelphia
as orator of the day and General John
w. Schall, of Norristown. as grand
marshal of the parade. Lieutenant
Colonel NJ. e. Finney, of this city, will
be chief of staff.
In accordance with the sentiment
expressed in the Legislature last win
ter the day of the transfer of the flags
Will be holiday in Harrisburg and
school children will participate.
Dauphin JuSticeS.--GoVernor TeneI
to-day named two new Dauphin coun-
ty justices, George X. Rife, First Ward,
Middletown, and Daniel F. Coleman,
Gratz. Both were named to fill va
cancies caused by deaths,
Increase Filed. - The Dauphin
County Gas Company, which has its
franchises in this county, has filed
notice of increase of stock from $685.
600 to S402.0OO
After Murderer. Governor Tener
to-day honored a requisition from
Governor Cox, of Ohio, for return to
Franklin county, Ohio, of Dominic
Sculle, charged with murder and un-
der arrest at Johnsonburg.
New Iron Company.-The Pennsyl-
Nania Products Company, of Potts
town, was chartered to-day for the
manufacture and sale of iron and steel
products. The capital is $1,000 and
the incorporators include James b.
Bailey and j. Albert Whltacre, of Pine
Grove Forge.
Supreme Court Not Coming.-Ac-
cording to word received at the Capi-
tol to-day, the May sitting of the State
Supreme Court in this city will not be
held. There are but four cases listed
and they will be transferred to Phila-
delphia.
Markln% Time. - Officials at Ma
tional Guard headquarters to-day said
that they were still marking time in
regard to war service and had not re-
ceiVed any word from Washington re-
garding the preparations at the War
Department for active service.
Short Line Hcaring.-The hearing
of the Public Service Commission on
the short line" railroads protest
against the proposed cancellation of
joint rates was resumed in Philadel-
phia to-day. Speaker George L. Alter,
who is counsel for shippers, vert
through here last night to attend the
session.
Strayer Going Ahead. - c. w.
Strayer, contractor for the new ar
senal building, is going ahead with
the demolition of the old structure.
He expects to have the new building
under roof by Fall. The next Legisla-
ture will be asked to make an appro-
priation to carry on the remainder of
the work.
Water Supply Meeting.-The State
Water Supply Commission is scheduled
10 meet tomorrow afternoon when
the Cumberland Valley and other ap-
plications for bridges will be taken up.
Inspecting Roads.-Highway Com
missioner Bigelow and Chief Engineer
Foster have been Drawing the weather
conditions the last two days in in
spection of roads near the city, which
are in need of improvement. The
difficulty is that the holdup of the au-
tomobile license money has kept the
State commissioner from doing any
thing much as he desires to do so.