Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-03
HOUCK WILL TAKE
OATH THIRD TIME
Secretary Of Internal Affairs VIII
Begin His Term at High Noon
Tomorrow
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- tory of the Com
monwealth to be
elected for third term II he serves
out his term he will have held the
office for q longer period than any
ofrcial who has had charge of the de-
partment under the various titles un-
der which 1t has been known.
Mr.. Houck will file bond for ten
thousand pounds" under an act dating
from Colonial days. These pounds"
are about half the value of an English
pound.
It is understood that Mr.. Houck will
make no changes in his department.
Coatesville Chartered. = The State
has issued a charter as a third class
city to Coatesville. which will enter
the class on January /, as the result OF
an election on the question. The State
now has thirty-three third class cities.
Lancaster is rated as one, but il is
operating under its own charter and
not under any third class city act
South Bethlehem's election which
made it third class city was declared
invalid and it returns to borough gov
ernment. Dubois was the last third
class city to be chartered.
At the Ranges.-The State rifle prac-
tice season at the outdoor ranges
opened on Saturday and will continue
until the end of October All members
of the National Guard are expected to
qualify
Quarantine Reduced.-The May or
der of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board reduces the quarantine for foot
and mouth disease considerably. only
parts of ten counties being under the
ban. Dauphin, Cumberland and Ian
caster are now free. The quarantines
are in Allegheny. Butler. Chester Erie
Jefferson, Philadelphia Schuylkill, Leb.
anon, Warren and Westmoreland The
small In all nj
Philadelphia. That in Lebanon is one
farm.
Explains Bills.-A circular issued by
the Auditor Generals Department calls
attention to the bills changing the
capital stock tax laws now pending
il is declared that the bills are in ac-
cordance with the practice of the de-
partment and that they have been ap-
proved by many lawyers having bust
ness with it.
Board TO Meet.-The State Forestry
Board will meet here Friday to discuss
legislation and auxiliary reserves.
Commission Meeting. - The Public
Commission will hold its regular meet
ing tomorrow.
Motored to City.-Chairman James
T. Woodward. of the House appro-
prlations committee, motored to the
city from McKeesport
Dr. Schaeffer TO Speak.-Dr. y. c.
Schaeffer, State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, will speak at Youngs-
town in June.
Governor Invited.-Governor Brum-
baugh has been invited to be one of
the speakers at the dinner to Director
Porter in Philadelphia.
Brooks Selected.-R. f. Brooks of
Washington. has been chosen by the
state commission TO make the statue
of Robert Morris to be placed at Phila-
delphia.
Cronv11o fo
Groome, superintendent of the State
police, and George c. Lumb. deputy
superintendent, will appear before the
Industrial Relations Commission at
washington on Thursday accompanied
by representative of the Attorney
Generals Department The two po-
lice officials were asked to present
themselves at a meeting to answer
questions relating to industrial matters
in Pennsylvania and to-day the uues-
tlon whether they could be required to
appear was raised as they belong to
the internal governmental system of
fhe State. After a conference with
Governor Brumbaugh IL was arrang-
ed that they should file a statement
that they appear of their own will At
torney General Brown designated Jesse
e. B. Cunningham, former deputy at
torneY general, to accompany them.
Would Bunch Bills. Governor
Brumbaugh said to-day that he hoped
some way would be found to bunch
bills making refunds of money errone-
ously paid to the State and giving au-
1hority 70 enter suit against the Com
monwealth. Numerous bills with
these objects are being passed, the
printing cost being larger than some
of the amounts claimed.
Engineers Here.-All of the engi-
neers of the State Highway Depart
ment are here to-day for conference
with Commissioner Cunningham. It
is the first conference of the kind since
he took office.
Beidwin's LoSs.-Representat r.
j. Baldwin last night suffered loss of
$1,000 by destruction of store and
other buildings owned by him at
Chadd's Ford. Mr.. Baldwin is Ill in
the Media hospital.
New Ticket Case.-Paul E. WolI. of
Philadelphia, has filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission a complaint
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company alleging that there
is discrimination both in regard to
the service and the rates against the
Fern Rock passengers on the Third and
Berks street line. The complaint al
leges that the railroad company, since
the discontinuance of the fifty-trip
tickets on the Third and Berks street
line, issue a siXty-trlp monthly ticket.
There is but one train from Fern Rock
daily to the terminal on which such
a siXty-trip monthly ticket can be used
and the complaint says that inasmuch
as the other lines of this road afford
adequate service and reasonable rates
the branch complained of should be
put on the same basis by compelling
the company to offer either an extra
train at evening to enable the public
to make use of such a sixty-trip ticket
or to put into effect practical rate for
the morning train.