Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-17

to reports reaching the Capitol great
interest is being shown by National
Guardsmen all over the State in avia-
ton work as a result of the demon
strations given at Indiana. Adjutant
General Stewart, who is heartily in
favor of aviation as a branch of mill
tary work, is studying out plans to
make it available for the Guard under
present laws.
Bullskin Wants roads. - According
to advices from Fayette county steps
are being taken to improve fifteen
miles OF road in vicinity of Union
town the county and townships to do
the work. Much of the Improvement
will be in Bullskin township.
Mr.. Butler Returns. - Commission
er of Fisheries \. R. Butler has re-
turned from Wayne county where he
attended the conference of wardens
and is planning extension of the anti
pollution work. Mr.. Butler will have
IA conference of hatchery superinten-
dents in Philadelphia Saturday.
Hearing at Scranton.-Commissio
ers Monaghan and Brecht left last
night for Scranton to attend the hear
ing in the Montrose water case. Com
missioner Ainey, who was formerly
NOuilSNl III the uldLleTt VIII not Slt.
Mr.. McDevitt Here. - Harry S. Nc
Dewitt, statistician of the State Board
of Public Charities. was here yester-
day on business at the auditor gem
erals department.
Many Pensioners to Lose.-Officials
of the Auditor Generals department
to-day announced that Attorney Gen
eral Brown had informed them that
under the amendment to the mothers
n6nEi0n nQSEa6 a.
sion of the legislature, pensions could
be allowed only to widows and TO
women whose husbands were perma-
nently confined in an insane hospital.
This ruling, it was stated, follows the
letter of the amendment and will be
certified to the board of trustees. As
a result it is probable that a number
of pensioners will have to be taken
from the lists. Auditor General Pow
ell referred the matter to the attorney
General recently when questions were
raised regarding the restrictive char
acter of the new act.
Woods to Represent. - Secretary of
the Commonwealth Cyrus z. Woods
will represent Governor Brumbaugh
at the conference of governors at Bos-
ton the latter part of this month as
the Governor will leave next Tuesday
for San Francisco to attend the Penn
sylvania day exercises.
Justices Named. Appointments
of justices of the peace were announc-
ed to-day as follows: H. NJ. Musser,
north ward, Bellefonte and Thomas
E. Williams, North Clarion. The lat
is a new borough which filed its in
corporation papers.
CoateSville Hearing. The State
Water Supply Commission to-day
fixed Tuesday August "a, at 2.30 p. m.
in the House caucus room for the
hearing in the Coatesville water works
proceedings.
Health Samuel G.. Dixon returned to
the Capitol yesterday after his visit to
San Francisco where he received hon
ors on behalf of the State and for him
self. He was warmly welcomed back
to the Capitol
Mr.. HaFgest to Return. - Deputy
Attorney General W. NJ. largest, who
pected to return late to-day.
jackson to Speak. - DR.. John Price
Jackson, commissioner of labor and
industry, will speak at the reunion of
the descendants of Joseph Price, his
ancestor, at Harleysville, on Saturday,
The head of the family came to this
country in 1719.
Ware Gets 100000. = The State
Highway department to-day issued au-
tomobile license No. 10000 to Sena-
tor Edwin H. Ware, of Philadelphia.
Important Hearings Due. Officials
OF the State Industrial Board will at
tend the hearing at Philadelphia to-
morrow on applications for rulings. on
the women's employment law relative
to division of the day of rest in hotels
and other establishments. The hear
ing will be of State wide importance.
The following day a conference will
be held with representatives of en-
ployment of the State Bureau of su-
pervision
Mr.. Davis Returns - Deputy Attor-
ney General H. w. Davis has returned
from his vacation.
Arranging the Contract.-The Beard
Construction Company, of Lancaster,
to-day arranged for the contract for
the completion of the arsenal building.
The bond will be filed Immediately
Smith Did Not Qaulify.-Thomas B.
Smith, the newly appointed Public
Service Commissioner, did not take the
oath of Office here to-day. Mr.. Smith
came here late yesterday to familiar
ie himself with the duties of the posi-
ton, according to his statement but
did not qualify as there was no execu-
tive order fro mthe Governor for is
suance to him of a commission. Mr..
Smith spent some time at the offices
of the commission where he discussed
the WORK Win commissioners Ainey
and Monaghan and stated that he was
ready to undertake any work assigned
to him. When inquiry was made at
the Executive and State departments
to-day it was learned that there was
no order for a commission for Mr.
Smith and that nothing would be
known about the matter until the re-
turn of Governor Brumbaugh later in
the week