Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-25

| - Hzzzzaeh1aB ate the Item OF
| $500, 600 for payment of the cost of
primary elections was stricken out and
, provision made for workmen's COM
pensation and other items. The bill
to make counties pay the cost of pri-
maries is now in the hands of the
Governor.
Governor Brumbaugh is devoting
| himself to-day to consideration of
bills and the appropriations are being
worked out.
STAFF Appointments.-Adju Cen
eral Stewart to-day announced that
Governor Brumbaugh had appointed J.
Benton Long, of Ridgway, former cap
tain of Company H, Sixteenth Infan-
try and an experienced national
guardsman, as q Heutenant-colonel
and aid on the staff of the Governor.
His appointment completes the Gov
ernor's staff Announcement was also
made of the appointment of Samuel d.
Foster, former chief engineer of the
State Highway Department, as cap
tain in the quartermaster' depart
ment. He was assigned to the First
Brigade. Captain Foster was an aid
on the staff of John K. Tener.
Dixon Sworn In.-Dr. Samuel G.
Dixon, State Commissioner of Health
| took the oath of office to-day and be-
gan his fourth term. DR.. Dixon was
appointed by Governor Pennypacker
and re-appointed by Governors Stuart,
Tener and Brumbaugh.
Men Laid Off.--Half a dozen of the
! extra men employed in the automo-
! bile division of the State Highway De-
partment have been laid off by High
way Commissioner Cunningham, their
services not being needed any longer
| The rush season is over
Wanted johnson to Act.-Insurance
Commissioner Johnson was asked to-
day by man giving the name of
| Riley Allen, Williamsport, to take steps
to enjoin insurance companies from
| paying on the policies held by victims
| of the Lusitania disaster He con-
tended that the losses should be paid
| by the German government. The COM
panies he mentioned did not belong
| in Pennsylvania and the commissioner
declined to act.
Cunningham Ueaves.-Highway Com
missioner Cunningham left to- day for
| Pittsburgh, where he will arrange for
the tours for good roads day in Allie
gheny and other counties tomorrow.
Representative Here. - Representa-
tive Samuel j. Barnett, of Delta, was
among the callers at the Governor S
office to-day.
To Inspect y.-Commissioner
of Fisheries Butler will go to McCalls
Ferry tomorrow to inspect the fish
way.
Route Changed. - State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham to-day no.
| titled the Cambria county commission
ers and the supervisors of East Taylor
township, in Cambria county, that
State Highway Route No. 80, as desig-
| mated the Sproul road law, has been
oh a ~ hat TAA~ i
to run from Johnstown city over the
brick road through Franklin and East
Conemaugh boroughs and over State
aid application No. III, in East Cone
maugh borough, and No. 191, in East
Taylor township, and thence over the
| route as formerly laid down to Vinco
and Ebensburg.
Board to Meet--The State Board of
Pardons will meet tomorrow with a
| big list of cases. There will be no
good roads day celebration for the
members.
Named Superintendent.-Ja Ha-
gen has been appointed county road
superintendent for Montgomery county
! Mrs. Hoover's Death.-Word reached
| the Capitol to-day of the death of Mrs
| Lewis Hoover, of Lock Haven, mother
| of e. l. Hoover. of the State Treasury.
at the home of her son. H. NJ. Hoover
! in Curwensville.
To Open Bids.-Bids will be opened
by Superintendent Pomeroy, of the
| State Department of Printing and
Binding, for furnishing paper and cuts
| to the State on June Z.
Prosecutions Brought.-Reports to
the Department of Labor and Industry
show eight arrests for violation OF
the women's employment law.
Newport mproves.-Reports to the
Department of Health indicate that
there has been a marked Improvement
in the typhoid situation in Newport,
The cases have decreased and the sit
uation is we'll in hand.