Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-16
PAINTINGS START
FROM THE COAST
Pan-American Art Works Will
Be Disposed of About the
State Capitol

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NM y Nm State building at
N\N xI1 the San Francisco
ESN$\YEaS exposition has been
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N91l90k% ings and furniture,
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- kSS=-rzzSs=Ezs..EEs started across the
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State Capitol, according to a report
made to-day to Governor Brumbaugh
Dy chester p. Ray, executive officer of
tne state commission. Mr. Raw has
returned from the exposition, where
lie had charge of closing up matters
pertaining to the State commission.
Ihe paintings and other objects will
be placed in the Capitol and the furni-
ture used as far as practicable to fur
nlsh some of the offices for new State
bureaus.
The commission will have a meet
ing shortly to close up its business.
VIII Meet Here-The Public Sar,;ce
Commission, which is holding HEARINGS
In several cities this week. will meet
IN Harrisburg next week, Monday haV-
ing been fixed for acting on appli-
cations for approvals of contracts.
agreements and similar matters.
among the cases to be taken UP will
be the Easton Transit Company cross
ing, scranton and Wilkes-Barre grade
crossings and argument in the New
SaStle grade crossing controversy
The hearings in the full crew COM
plant cases will be given Tuesday.
Censors Are Busy. - Arrests have
been made in a dozen PENNSYLVANIA
cities for violation of the moving pic
ture censorship law in the last eight
weeks. according to men connected
with the State Censors Board. The
Dulk OF the prosecutions were for vio-
latlons OF the act forbidding display of
pictures without State authority The
BOARD has received considerable CO.
operation from people connected with
the departments of the State govern
ment.
Demonstrations End. - Demon
stratlons for instruction of farmers
ana trult growers of the state in meth
ods of controlling fruit tree nests
closed in Pennsylvania for this season
to-day and will be resumed in May of
next year. There were over 500 DEM
onstratlons held, every county having
at least two and some more, accord
ing to the number of farms and or
chards. The attendance is reported
as being the largest since the Depart-
ment of Agriculture began the work
ana IN the last six years it is stated
that the number of fruit trees. es
peeially in industrial counties, like
Allegheny and Delaware, has ma
terially increased.
New Liability Men.-OrganiZat of
number of insurance companies with
authority to write employers liability
insurance is contemplated, according
to inquiries being made at the State
Insurance Department. The depart
ment has had numerous callers who
are interested in the formation of COM
panies and half a dozen applications
Tor charters for such companies are
pending. In addition a number of out
side insurance companies have applied
for Pennsylvania rights.
Awards Made. - The awards of
the contracts for the new State
bridges at Sunbury and Camptown
were made by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings last night to
M. III. Stebbins, Wellsboro. c.. w. En-
sign, of this city, received the award
Tor the Capitol sewer which is to pre-
vent flooding of the basement.
Bridges Approved. The Water
Supply Commission last night ap-
proved plans for a dozen or more
bridges for the Baltimore mad Ohio
Railway in Somerset county
Many Cases. - Reports to the
state Department of Health to-day
were that there were 16u cases OF
measles IN OrwigSburg.
Legislators Here. Senator John
w. Hoke, of Chambersburg, and Rep
resentative c. ]. Hollingsworth, of
| chester county, were callers at the
Governors office.
| Appointments in Compensation. -
Major M. A. Gherst. former State
bank examiner, prominent in Ma
tional Guard and q. A r. affairs was
to-day appointed to a position in the
compensation bureau and assigned to
headquarters in this city. ]. F. II.
HONEYWELL of Scranton, was appointed
clerk to Referee G.. w. Beamer.
Laundrymen ganize. The
State Laundry Owners Mutual LiabiI-
| ity Co, OF Pittsburgh, was chartered
to-day. William Frew Long. Pitts
burgh, is president. Laundrymen all
over the State are interested, w. E.
| Orth, of this city being one