Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-27
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Senate within five or six months.
They are huge canvasses depicting
historical events in the history of the
State and are expected to be as
notable as those Miss Oakley painted
for the executive department recep-
tionroom.
The members of the board of pub
lie grounds and buildings will visit
Philadelphia to view the paintings
before they are brought to this city.
Mr.. Francies Here.-Warden John
Francies, of the Western Penitentiary
was visitor to the Capitol yesterday.
Sewage is Now Treated. - The in
spector of the State Department of
Health on duty in Philadelphia has
reported that the Bureau of Surveys
of the Department of Public Works,
after violating the State decree re-
quiring the continuous disinfection of
the effluent from the Pennypacl1
Creek Sewage Treatment Plant, have
again applied disinfectants. This ac-
ton was taken following a warning
from Commissioner of Health, Samuel
q. Dixon, to the citizens of Phila-
delphia in the eastern, central and
southern districts advising them to
boil all drinking water. DR.. Dixon
said this will help to relieve the
overloaded filter beds at Torresdale as
was contemplated by the original
decree granted to the State in 1910.
Credit for Reinsurance. In an
opinion rendered to-day to Insurance
Commissioner johnson it is held by
Deputy Attorney General largest that
settlement for State taxes due from
the American Union Fire Insurance
Company, of Philadelphia, now in
receivers hands. Should be made on
the basis of giving credit to the AM
erican Union Fire Insurance Com
pany for the premiums paid for re-
insurance to the Warsaw Fire lnsur-
ance Company"
To Test Right to Office. - Attorney
General Brown has granted the use
of the name of the State in a quo
warranto proceeding to test the right
of Asher Mutchler to be alderman of
the Twelfth ward, of Easton. 1t is
contended by w. II. Hackman that
Mutchler has not been a resident of
the ward for year as required by
the act regulating eligibility to the
office of alderman.
Justice Named. - William II. Aten
was to-day appointed justice for
Miffiin township, Columbia county.
Henderson Goes Up. e on d
Lieutenant John M. Henderson, Com
pany B, Sixteenth infantry, Oil City,
was to-day promoted to be first lieu
tenant in orders issued from NATIONAL
Guard headquarters.
Nice Question Raised. - Residents
of PunXsutawney to-day entered a
complaint with the Public Service
Commission which will raise the
question of the right of a water COM
pany to make the owner of a property
and not the tenant chargeable for
water rent or rates. 1t is charged
that this was done by the Punxsu-
tawney water company in an order
recently issued and that 1t is illegal
The commission will have a hearing.
Attending Dinner. Commissioner
Ainey is in New York to attend the
dinner of the Traffic Club, of which
he is to be a guest.
To Apportion Cost Later. - The
Public Service Commission which ap-
proved the Pennsylvania railroad s
Middletown crossings will apportion
the cost later.
Big Case Postponed. - Deputy At
torney General largest was to-day
advised by officials of the United
States Supreme Court that the ice
cream act test case, which he is hand
ling for the State had been post
poned.
May Get Quo Warranto. - A quo
warranto proceeding may be started