Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-08
LEBANON ARMORY
MUST Be FINISHED
State Armory Board Gives the Con-
tractor Two Days in Which
to Start Work
WILL TOLERATE NO DELAYS
State Giving Aid to Danville in Its
Outbreak of Typhoid Fever
Other News
WILL TOLERATE NO DELAYS
The State Armory

within Two DAYS tne
would take over the work and look
to the sureties to attend to financial
matters.
General w. G. Price will go to West
Chester to confer with officials and
residents of that borough regarding a
site for an armory, which the State
will erect if ground is donated.
The board to-day arranged to exc
cute the contracts for the new cavalry
squadron armory at Philadelphia and
the infantry armory at Washington,
tor which contracts were awarded last
night.
The contract for the Philadelphia
armory was let to the Fidelity Con-
struction Company, of Philadelphia,
and for the Washington armory to
w. F. Blair & Sons, of Waynesburg.
Conference On Minors. - Commits
sioner Jackson and representatives of
the Departments of Labor and In
dustry and Public instruction will be
in Philadelphia tomorrow to discuss
minor labor laws, vocational education
and cooperation with the new en-
ployment bureaus. The Philadelphia
employment bureau is to be opened in
October. All applications at such
agencies will be referred to the school
officials.
Officers Retire. - General orders
from National Guard headquarters an
nounce the retirement of a number of
officers, including Lieutenant Colonel
Orlando Fl. Nichols, of the Third Bri-
gade.
Visiting His Home.-Horace w. Da-
Wis. Deputy Attorney General is spend
ing few days at his home in Sharon.
EX-Con2resSman Here. - EX-Con-
gresham Charles f. Patton, of Cur
wensville, was at the Capitol to-day.
Mr.. Smith Returns. Thomas B.
Smith. the retiring Public Service
commissioner, left for his home late
yesterday afternoon after bidding
good-by to a number of his friends on
commissioner to succeed him soon
after his return next week.
In the Yellowstone. - Governor
Brumbaugh's party will be in the
Yellowstone Park for the next four
days. The Governor received a notable
greeting at Portland, where former
PennSylVantanS gave him luncheon.
Legislator Herc.-Representa H
Fl. Brosius, of Jefferson county, was
at the Capitol He was chairman of
the game committee in the last House.
Board to Meet. - The Industrial
Board will meet tomorrow in Pitts
burgh and several codes for safety and
hearings.
Inspected Preserve.-Dr. Joseph B.
Kalbfus. secretary of the State Game
Commission. has returned from Brad
ford county, where he inspected the
new game preserve. Fire lanes are
being made and a house built
Permit Gfanted.-Commissio of
Health Dixon has approved a permit
for the borough of Washington to'es-
| tablish a system of sewage treatment
Typhoid Spreads.-Cases of typhoid
fever have been reported from South
Danville. There has been an increase
of cases in the State Hospital and in
the borough. The State Health De-
partment is sending doctors and
nurses.
Mine Inspectors AppeaI.-The ques-
ton whether a mine inspector is a
State officer and must be elected in
even numbered years has been carried
to the Supreme Court by the defend
ants IN the schuylkill county case.
Two Lose Licenses. - Automobile
licenses of two men were revoked by
Highway Commissioner Cunningham
because they operated cars while in
toXicated. One was William Betzler,
Johnstown, who had also been fined
$50 by the mayor of Johnstown, and
the other Halsey Wilmarth, Dyberry,
wayne county, who had been arrested
in that place. Neither man appeared
for hearing.
Big Increases. - The Union Col
lieries Company. of Pittsburgh, to-day
filed notice of increase of its debt to
$1,000, 900, the largest increase to be
fled for some time. The Schuylkill
Haven Rolling Mill Company, Of
Schuylkill Haven, filed notice of issu-
ance of $40, 900 of bonds.
Philadelphia Visitor. - Representa-.
tive f. r. Cox, of philadelphia, was
visitor to the Capitol to attend the
meeting of the Soldiers Orphans
Schools Commission.
MR. Butler Returns. ns.-Commissioner of
Fisheries N. r. Butler, who had been
i'll, has returned to the city
Mechanicsburg Paid. - Mechanics
burg to-day received it's warrant for
its school appropriation, amounting
to s3.492.73.
Meeting at Pleasant Mount. - The
September meeting of the State Fish
cries Commission will be held at
Pleasant Mount on September IA.
Not at Camp BY Good Bit.-Attor-
ney General Francis Skunk Brown.
who was reported as attending the
Plattsburg camp, said to-day: Camp ?
I'm camping here. I'm not going to
Plattsburg and never intended to. ]
have enough to attend to right here. -
General Browns nephew went to camp
and someone wrote that it was the
chief law officer.
Commission NIeets.-The State Sol
diers' Orphans Schools Commission
is holding its quarterly meeting at the
Capitol to-day.