Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-15

series for the upper house. There
are two panels to be painted and they
nave been stretched put, the themes
having been approved by the board.
These panels will be in the rear of the
hall. They will refer to the history
of the State.
When this commission is finished
Miss Oakley will begin the series for
the Supreme Court chamber. This
VIII deal with the development of
law from oral tradition to the codi-
fed FORM of the present day. They
will be finished in two years.
In all probability the two Senate
PAINTINGS will be placed before the
end of this year.
Special Agent Here. - Edward C.
Wilson, special agent of the State
Board of Public Charities was here
Yesterday on an inspection tour of
institutions in this part of the State.
Judge Visits Capitol.-Judge Henry
| c. Quigley, of the Center county
courts, was among visitors to the
Capitol. He met number of the leg
| islators.
Commissioners Here.-Members of
the Anthracite Coal Commission were
among those at the Capitol yester-
day. They filed their report this
week and are closing up their work
The report will be considered by the
committees on mines.
To Sit in Pittsburgh. - The Public
Service Commission will hold hear
ings in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and
Johnstown tomorrow. The Pitts
burgh hearings will be on jitney
cases.
To Complete Bill.-The bill provid-
ing for State dairy inspection will be
completed within few days, the
views of a number of persons inter-
ested having been obtained by State
authorities. 1t will appear in the Leg
islature before long.
Accounts Closed Up. - The State
Board of Accounts sat until late last
evening to close up pending accounts
for corporation taxes. The accounts
involved thousands of dollars.
To Give Hearing. = 1t is probable
that a hearing will be arranged in a
few days for the bill making an ap-
preparation to the State Prison La
Dor Commission. There is also pend
ing measure which would vote salar-
les to the members of the board
Many to Attend. Representatives
of practically all of the mothers pen
sion boards of the State will be here
next Tuesday to attend the hearings
to be held on the pension bills The
| appropriations committees Will sit and
the whole subject will be gone into
Can't Pay For Speeches. = Deputy
Attorney General Hargest has given
an opinion to Commissioner Jackson
in which he holds that there is nc
State appropriation which would per.
init of the printing for general distri.
4 button of speeches of State officials
or members of the State Compensa-
ton Board. The publications of the
State he holds are severely limited
by law.
O'NeiI Files Report. - Insurance
| Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil yester-
| day filed in court his reports on the
Scranton Fire Insurance and York
County Mutual Fire Insurance COM
panies.
Ruling On Interest. - Tie Public
Service Commission has issued a ruling
cent is the legal rate of interest on
an overcharge claim, the commission
does not regard it as unlawful for a
person to accept the amount of the
claim without interest if settled
promptly.
| Named ms Major. - Marshall Hender-
son, of Pittsburgh, for seventeen years
| connected with the National Guard, has
been named as major and quartermastet
on the staff of Major General Clement
| LanSdale to Fight. - The borough
| of Lansdale is now arranging to make
a contest against the decree of State
| Commissioner of Health Dixon regard
ing the sewer improvements. The
matter will go to court in few days.
| Big Company Sued. - The American
Car and Foundry Company, which OPP
crates the big plant at Berwick, has
been prosecuted for alleged failure to
| install safety devices as directed by
| the Department of Labor and Industry