Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-17

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mission will ask for legal measures to
compel them to appear The commits
sion has been advised legally that it
has all of the powers and duties of a
legislative commission and that it has
the right to enter proceedings for con-
tempt
Practically all of the heads of de-
partments of the state government
have appeared before the commission
and given information to supplement
What the commission ascertained in
It's Investigations as to the number,
salaries and duties of officials and at
taches. Next week subordinates of
many departments and commissions,
including the public service, water
supply and Others will be examined.
Members of examining boards have
thus tar refused to give information
asked.
The commission plans for investi-
cations to be made of various state
institutions, this work being given to
two of the commissioners, and when
IT is finished conferences with the ma
tlcnal commission in charge of econ
omy in departments and with commits
sions in other states.
Many Ask Pensions.-In the last
two weeks applications for mothers
pensions have been made from a dozen
counties where no boards for the ad-
mlnistration of such service are in
existence. Consequently the State ca
give no aid. Most of these applica-
tons were from counties in vicinity of
philadelphia and Allegheny and sharp
letters have been written to state Off
Gals asking why no aid is given. The
law requires county commissioners to
give an amount equal to the State be-
lore board can be named by the Gov
ernor and an allotment of funds
made.
Ex-senator Dead.-Ex-Se Or
rem c. Allen, who represented Warren
county district for several years and
former postmaster of Warren, died in
baltimore, where he has been in a
hospital on Wednesday. Mr.. Allen
was one of the prominent men of his
section of the State and was the
father of William Harrison Allen, at
torney for the State Railroad Com
mission. He will be buried tomorrow
at Warren.
Went to Camp.-Captain L. A. Van
Week, of the State Highway Depart
ment maintenance division, has gone
to Indiana, for the encampment of
the Sixteenth Regiment.
Dauphin to BuiId.-The State water
supply Commission yesterday granted
permission to the Dauphin county
commissioners to build a bridge over
keeter's run near Millersburg and the
borough of Shippensburg to build a
bridge on Garfield street and a dam
on Furnace Run. The Pennsylvania
Railroad received permission to build
a bridge at Pottsville.
Extension Filed. The Elizabeth
town and Deodate Street Railway
Company has filed notices of extern
tions at the Capitol, the notice COW
ering the vicinity of Elizabethtown.
Martin in Demand.-A L. Martin.
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, is
kept busy shooing off people who want
him to speak. He received three re-
quests for speeches on August 22 in
to-day's mail. The deputy will speak
at number of farmers picnics and
fairs.
Movies For Cresson.-Commissi
of Health Samuel G. Dixon has COM
pleted arrangements with II. B. Mil
Ter, of the Pittsburg Photo Play Com
pany, for free use of films for the
Cresson sanatorium. The pictures
will be loaned to the State for the en-
tertainment of the patients and an up
to-date service will be given at practi-
cally only express cost to the State.
The donation will be greatly appre
ciated at the sanatorium, where time
hangs heavy. Probably
some Eastern house will do the same
thing for Mont Alto.
MouIders Here. - A delegation OF
moulders called on Commissioner
Jackson this afternoon to discuss en-
forcement of recent acts The depart
ment is rather rigidly requiring COM
pliance and some suggestions were Of
fered.
Baldy's Answer. = DR.. John M.
Baldy, president of the State Bureau
of Medical Education and Licensure,
to-day answered charges of optomet-
rists attacking the bureau by saying
the charges were childish and absurd.
He said that all that was sought was
proper regulation contemplated by
acts.
New Insurance Co. - The Hanover
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of
Hanover was chartered to-day. prom
inent members of that place being in
terested.
Increase Filed. = The Harrisburg
Light and Power Company to-day filed
at the Capitol a statement of increase
of stock from $1,250.000 to $1,75O,OOO
some time ago.
Local Company. "A charter was
granted to-day to the Capitol City
Company, of Harrisburg,
capital $4,000, incorporated by City
Engineer NJ. B. Cowden, City Treas
urer o. NJ. Copelin and Ross Gems
lager
Coal Operator Pays.-Elmer Meyer,
a coal operator of Carbon county, to-
day paid his coal tax, amounting to
s147.S3. 1t is the first payment under
the new act. Other operators will
likely appeal.
Dental Board Ends. - The State
Dental Examining Board concluded its
session here to-day. Among the 1901
persons passed were M. Edward Rich
ards, Harrisburg; Joseph r. Riden.