Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-03

AsyUUUU discuss discus the i'ne matter G
it is understood
- that Altoona and
Pittsburgh are being considered as the
location of the new company. An ef-
fort was made to secure some favor
for an engineer company here, but it
did not go very well. Altoona appears
to be pretty generally favored. The
| Guard has two engineer companies
now, one at Philadelphia and one at
Scranton. and needs another to make
| up its battalion.
Nothing could be learned at the
Caitol to-day regarding the prospects
for an early order for conversion of
the Third infantry at philadelphia
into q regiment of field artillery. This
has been reported every now and then
| for months and has been under con-
sderation. When the two new bat
teries are organized in Pittsburgh the
| State Will have one regiment of artil
lery. but it must have another.
Rabbits Abundant. - officials of
the State Game Commission say that
reports being received here indicate
that rabbits appear to be unusually
abundant in the central counties and
that some hunters found little diff
Guilty in getting their quota in the first
| hour of hunting.
Police Force Filled Up. The State
Police force has been filled up. all
vacancies having been filled by enlist
ments. Most of the men enlisted were
OF former soldiers in the regular
army.
Board to Meet - The State Board
of Accounts will have a meeting prob
ably next week TO take up the accounts
| for advertising constitutional amend
ments. The work of the board is now
being outlined.
| Started for San Francisco. - Ad-
Jutant General Stewart and Lieutenant
| Colonel L. V. Rausch and NJ. E. Fin
ney left to-day on Limited for San
Francisco to attend the National
Guard convention. The delegates from
central. northern and eastern military
ORGANIZATIONS met here.
Board to Meet. - The State In
dustrial Board will meet here about
! the standard of safety for ladders
which was the subject of hearing IN
Philadelphia last week The code
will be promulgated generally
/ throughout the State soon.
New Company. - The Cush Creek
Light and Power Company has been
chartered to operate in Glen Camp
bell, Indiana county.
Governor Rcturns-Governor Brum-
| baugh returned to the city last night
and put in a busy day at the State
| Capitol. He had many visitors and
! discussed matters with heads of de-
partments of the State government.
Dennis Made Address. H.. Dem
mis-. the chief of the agricultural edu-
cation bureau. was the speaker at the
opening of the agricultural school at
Avondale, Chester county, yesterday.
TO Return naSoOn-Highway Commits
sioner Cunningham, who has been in
| the western counties for some days,
is expected to return late to-day. He
will open bids for new roads to-mor-
row.
Commission Meets-The Public Ser
vice Commission resumed sittings to-
day and the protest over the Williams
port city electric contract was taken
up. The whole day was devoted TO
contracts and agreements.
Going to State College-Governor
| Brumbaugh and members of the State
Commission of Agriculture will spend
Friday at State College attending the
Pennsylvania day exercises.
To Discuss Escheating - Attorney
| General Brown and Auditor General
Powell will talk over the coal tax this
week. The escheat matter was lost
sight of to-day in the interest over the
election.
| ~elfefHi SienlcnJ HcFc-Genefal =.
NJ. Clement, of Sunbury, commander
| of the National Guard, was at the
Capitol to-day
Boards to Meet-Most of the meet
ings of State Boards have been an
nounced for next week except Com
pensation and Insurance Fund.
| Lebanon Visitors-Senator d. P.
! Gerberich, of Lebanon, was here with
a delegation of visitors to-day.
Principals Meet--Normal school
principals spent to-day discussing
problems attending their work Each
one presented a paper ON some phase.
Superintendent Schaeffer attended the
sessions.
Full Crew Next-The hearing in the
| full crew complaints will be held by
/ the Public Service Commission to-
morrow. All that have been formally
listed will be taken up and a general
cleanup made. The Brotherhood of
| Railroad Trainmen will appear in most
| of the cases.
Asked ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ.
| Hargest, deputy attorney general, was
| in Washington before the Supreme
court yesterday to ask advancement of
the test case of the ice cream law. 1t
comes from the State Supreme Court
and involves right of the Dairy and
Food Commissioner to inspect ice
cream shipped from another State.