Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-02

building is to be erected by the same
San Francisco firm which secured the
contract for the New York State build.
ing, which will adjoin the keystone
State building. and, like it. be set in
the midst of a formal garden. The
contract for the landscape gardening
surrounding the building will be let
shortly. It is the plan to have an
ornate setting including reproductions
of Pennsylvania flora and fauna.
Inc question of the date and exer-
clses for Pennsylvania at the expo
1sltlon Will be taken up by the State
commission within q short time. Stems
In regard to the display of the Liberty
Bell at the exposition will also be
lhken before long. Provision is made
? the plans of the State building for
husual safeguarding of the relic.
Auto Fund Grows. The income
pm the issuance of licenses for mo-
NG vehicles. the controversy over the
Iaaposal of which is now in the Dau-
pin County Court, now amounts to
tvF sS5o,0O0 for 1914 alone and it is
6efved that it will reach million.
Ina Atotal number of licenses issued to
| inoor vehicles. exclusive of motor
cscss. is 1900. OF this number
tzN0 are to automobiles and 5000
totNcks of various kinds. The num-
pef 7 automobiles registered thus far
| eNceus the total issue of licenses for
1913
ID Take Over School.-Title to the
Calrdnia State Normal School prop
erty at California, Washington county.
VIII ba taken by the State Board of
Educaion to-day. the preliminaries for
/ paymeat of $4,000 having been com
| pletee The acquisition of the Cali
! tf0rnta snh trix-
sioh or three of the thirteen normal
ischools ind it is probable that Lock
Haven school will be taken over
nortly as auditing of it's affairs has
teen In progress. 1t is probable that
TIE State Board of Education will
nlme a board of trustees for Califor-
na very shortly. The trustees named
tHs week for Edinboro school, Erie
comfy, have assumed their duty. This
boFd includes two women, the first
Stae - 'i'e
he Cavalry Regiment. - National
Iuad officials say that nothing will
be 9ne toward the organization of
the. Hree squadrons of cavalry into a
regiment for some time. The new
squad'on formed of four companies
OF theTwelfth Infantry is now being
ORGANIZED, the necessary steps for the
transfe being in progress at Sunbury,
which Sill be the squadron headquar-
ters. Major Wallace Fetzer, of Sun
bury, Wo is to command the third
SQUADRON will form his staff within a
short tine. When the four troops are
fully equipped and the squadron or
ganizatioh perfected General C. B.
DoughertA commanding the division
OF the National Guard. will authorize
the holdiS of an election for regi-
mental offers.
Considering Charges.-The charges
filed at the Department of Public In
struct1on bA residents of SchuylkiIl
county agabst Livingston Seltzer,
county schol pperintendent of Schuyl-
Kill, are beng considered by DR..
Schaeffer. Fur charges are made
against him q the papers filed by
James Scarletland Fox & Geyer. A
hearing may bN held shortly.
Smallpox in Mapleton. - Reports
reached the State Department of
Health to-day ef the prevalence of
smallpox at Ahpleton, Huntingdon
county. AmongAthe cases is that of
Mrs. Mary MillerAaged ~.