Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-10

the educational meetings as a means
oil reaching the people will be demon
strated.
The institutes closed yesterday or
to-day in Berks, Indiana, Erie and
Delaware counties. They will end
with the week in Tioga and then the
series for the winter will be over.
i Great attention was given at all in
sututes to soil conservation and hum
dreds of questions on the subject have
been answered The farm counsellors
who have been working in the insti-
tutes Will now prepare their schedules
for Spring tours.
The orchard demonstration work
which is now in its second week, is
proving very interesting and in spite
of the snow the attendance has been
very gratifying.
State Insurance Fund Establish
ment of a State insurance fund is IA
lNored by Governor Brumbaugh. He
took the question up with the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings and
some definite action is likely to ma
Iterialize in a short time. He explain
ed that the State is paying $50,000 for
! Sl2, ,O55,62S insurance on properties
valued at $4,000, 900. The insurance
of the Capitol is on S1,000.000. Such
a fund would be advisable in as much
as it could be used Immediately for the
reconstruction of the building instead
of waiting for the next session of the
Legislature to appropriate the money
Going to Pittsburgh. Governor
/ jBrumbaugh has accepted an invitation
to go to Pittsburgh on May 9. Rabbi
j. l.. Levy and John Cowan, of Pitts
burgh, yesterday extended the invita-
ton.
| Hearing Under Way. - The Public
Service Commission is sitting in Phil
adelphia to-day in the Springfield Wa
| ter Company case.
| Ex-senator Here. - Ex-senator
James NJ. Campbell, of Mercer, was a
Capitol Hill visitor.
DELEGATIONS Sec GoyeFnor.-Among
the delegations visiting the Governor
yesterday in addition to the editors
were committees of third-class city
officials, of State Brick Manufacturers
and of organizations opposed to the
| Hackett Senate bill relative to wo-
men labor.
Automobile Men Protest.-Promi-
nent automobile men to-day entered
a protest before the House roads conf
mittee on the second class city bill to
tax automobiles. r. z. Hooper, Sted-
man Bent and others objected. Mayor
Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, favored the
bill.
State Board Meets. The State
Board of Public Charities to-day held
it's quarterly meeting at the Capitol.
The bills presented were discussed.
Veterans Meet GovernOr.-Congress-
man. -at-large II. S. Crago, of Greene
county, to-day presented a delegation
of Spanish war veterans to Governor
Brumbaugh.
OfTered Prayer.-The Rev. DIR. NJ.
d. Lichleiter, chief clerk of the De-
partment of Agriculture, offered the
lopening PRAYER in the Senate to-day.
Military Bill Out.-The military code
to make the State militia law conform
to the national government rules has
lbeen reported out with an amendment
(which makes citizenship or application
Therefor prerequisite to enlistment
Visited GoveFnor.-Among the Gov
ernors visitors to-day were Thomas
II. Greevy, w. B. Hammond and John
Sullivan. prominent Altoona lawyers.
Discussing Road Bills.-The high
way problem is being given careful
consideration by the Governor just now
and Senator Sproul is also gathering
Suggestions and weighing them. Ru-
imors are about that the State highway
/ system may be cut down sixty per
cent Another story is that it will be
restricted to highways between coun-
ty towns. Still another is that study
may be authorized to devise ways and
means for maintenance of State high
ways and care for dirt roads.
Mothers PcnsIon.-The House APP
preparations committee gave hear
ling this afternoon to advocates of an
I lappropriation of $500, 600 for mothers
ipension. Ex-State Treasurer John o.
Sheath, sponsor for the bill last session,
presented a committee of Philadelphia
ladies.
4 Called Homc.-Representa Oaks
to-day received word of the death of
his son -in-law and was granted leave
of absence by the House.
Flowers For Crow. - To-day was
Senator Crows birthday and his desk
bore a large bunch of roses from
friends.
Hearing Schcdule.-A hearing has
been fixed by the House ways and
means committee on the bills to tax
real estate of public service corpora
tions for local purposes to be held next
Tuesday.
To Consider Letters. - Governor
Brumbaugh said to-day that over 500
letters containing criticisms and sug-
gestions on the worllmen's compensa-
ton act had been received in the last
twenty -four hours and that the pro-
posed legislation would not be pre-
sented until he had time to go over
them with Attorney General Brown.
Senator w. F.. Crow. who has been
given the bill to present in the SEN
ate. has also asked Mr.. Brown for op-
portunity to discuss some of the pro-
visions. Indications are that the bills
will be presented Monday night.
Visited the GoveTnor.-Edward Mcr-
chant, assistant solicitor of the State
Board of Education, of Philadelphia
to-day went over the State tax of the
Philadelphia school district with Audi
tor General Powell. He was the guest
of the Governor at luncheon.
Board TO Meet.-The State Livestock
Sanitary Board will have a meeting
this week to consider extension of the
foot and mouth disease quarantine to
all of Philadelphia. Only part of it is
now in quarantine. Reports received
to-day were that shipments of cattle
across the State had stopped entire
Ex-LegisIators Here. - Ex-Senators
Blewitt, Lackawanna, and Walton,
; Greene, and eX-Representative c.. w.
Allen, Allegheny, were visitors here to-
day.
Mr.. Scarlet CalIs.-Among the Gov
Iernor's callers to-day was James Scar
!let, the counsel for the State, in the
Capitol cases.
OFFICERS MAY NOT DANCE
London. Maron 10. z.59 A. M.-Brit-
: ish army officers in uniform have been
forbidden by the commander of the
London military district to visit dance
halls, night clubs or gambling es-
adjustments.
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