Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18

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1t will be ten years this summer
since the various departments OF the
State government took possession Oh
their quarters, which by the way are
in many cases too small for them now,
and in that time no interior painting
has been done. Some of the rooms,
like the offices of the Governor and
the heads of departments are panelled
in mahogany or oak or in painted
woods and will not be gone over as
they improve with time. but in the
work rooms the walls are commenc-
/ ing to show discolorations due to the
soot-laden winds and to general causes
of change in colors.
! The auditor generals and State
! treasurer's departments have Just been
/ painted up and now the legal depart
ments are in the hands of the painters.
A Movie Congress. - Considerable
attention has been attracted on Capt.
/ tol Hill by the suggestion of the State
Board of Moving Picture Censors that
the cenSors of the various States
should organize and have confer
ence at which steps could be taken
to secure uniform regulations and also
to prevent the unloading on one state
of films which have been ordered out
or which would not pass muster in
! another. The Pennsylvania censors
have already been in touch with the
Ohio State board and will take up the
project with censors in other States.
General Stewart Named. Adju-
tant General Thomas ]. Stewart has
\ been appointed as Pennsylvania mem
ber of the committee in charge of the
proposed aero coast patrol of the
United States. The appointments were
made by Rear Admiral Peary.
Governor in Philadelphia. - Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and Secretary Ball
are spending a few days in Philadel-
phia.
Furman TO Speak. - Paul n. Fur
man, chief of the bureau of statistics,
has gone to Philadelphia where he
will address the anniyersary meetins
of the Mems Bible Glass at Wayne
Baptist Church. Monday he is to ad-
dress Philadelphia claim agents.
Supervisors to Meet. - Highway
| Commissioner Cunningham will ad-
dress the Dauphin county supervisors
at their annual meeting here on Feb
ruary "a.
Hearings For Pittsburgh. - The
Waverly oil and Apollo water cases
are scheduled for hearings in Pitts
burgh on February %. The cases
have attracted much attention.
Cumberland Payments. Among
the school payments made at the State
Treasury yesterday were two for cum
berland county, Penn for S1,647.9l
and West Fairview for $1.451.4O.
Attending Funeral. - Col. W. A.
4 Mullin, of the auditor generals de-
partment. was in Philadelphia attend
ing the funeral of a brother yester-
day.
Mr.. Young Returns. - State Treas
urer Young has returned from Wells
4. I,a ln1
death of his law partner. Major Mer-
rick.
Inspected Cutoff. - Public Service
Commissioners Ainey, Monaghan and
Brecht inspected the proposed addi-
tional track line of the Trenton cut-oft
of the Pennsylvania railroad to-day.
Commissioner Magee is in Pittsburgh
in connection with several grade
crossing cases.
Commission to Meet. - The Public
Service Commission will meet on
Monday morning for its executive
session This will give members a
chance to clean the calendar.
Plans Approved. = T h e st e
, Water Supply Commission last night
announced approval of the applica-
ton of NJ. S. Hershey to construct a
dam across Spring creek in Hershey
park and to build a bridge across
!
granted the Pennsylvania Railroad TO
construct an extension to bridge for
one additional track across Armstrong
creek near Halifax and to build an
extension to a bridge across Girty s
run, also in Halifax township.
Back Up Kephart. - Representa-
tives of organized railroad men here
this week yesterday informed Chief
Clerk II. NJ. Kephart that they favored
. him for State Treasurer
Will Cooperate. - DR.. Francis d.
Patterson, chief of the bureau of in
dustrial hygiene, was last evening as
sured at the close of the first con-
ference with medical men, that they
would cooperate with him in the ef-
fort to reduce occupational diseases.
BOARD at Erie. - The State Com
: pensation Board held its first session
outside of Harrisburg at Erie yester-
day, but does not seem to have acted
: on the daily wage question. The
: Board is at New Castle to-day.
Hospitals May Charge. - Attorney
General Brown last evening gave an
opinion in which he held that State
: hospitals may charge for fourteen
: days care of an injured person, .he
5 that the employe has to foot the bill
FOR GIRLS WHO TRAVEL ALNOE
: Stirred up by the fact that $4,000
girls are disappearing annaully In the
United States the Woman's Home Com
: panion for February has the following
advice for girls who travel alone:
2 What to do:
write the Travellers Aid Society to meet
''"@2. II alone or your friends fail to
meet you, apply to the tdraveierSs se Ald ini