Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-20


be worked out. The committees will
probably be announced Tuesday, but
whether any bills will be presented
during the week is uncertain.
The Capitol has been made ready
for the coming of the legislators. The
chambers and committee rooms and
offices have been renovated and sup
plies are on hand. In the depart
ments efforts have been bent to COM
plete reports on the finances and the
amounts remaining in funds or defi
clts have been prepared for inser-
tion in the biennial deficiency bill
Governor Brumbaugh will return
to the city on Monday as will most of
the state officials. Many of the legis-
lators will arrive tomorrow.
Over $500 NotarieS.-Nominati
of over $500 notaries public will be
sent to the Senate during the present
session of the legislature, according
TO the present calculations at the Cap
itol. This number will include the
names of those whose terms expire,
the ad interim appointments and new
ones. Last session there were over
1000 For the last month no new
nominations have been made to avoid
duplication in sending names to the
Senate.
For u Township Codc.-Drafts have
been prepared of code of laws rela-
tive to townships of the state along
the same lines as the codifcation OF
laws relative to boroughs which was
passed last session. The township
code has been prepared by the State
Legislative Reference bureau after a
study of all acts relative to that mu-
nicipal division from the days of their
creation and is stated by officials to
be plan to systematic the legisla-
tion on the subject.
To Act Next Week.-The Public
Service Commission will act next
week on the applications for charters
for tie Perry county electric compa-
MES.
To Represent State.-Deputy Attor-
ney General Horace w. Davis has
gone to Wellsboro to represent the
state in the prosecutions inaugurated
against manufacturers polluting the
streams in Tioga county.
Officers Arrestcd-Several officers
of the Central Trust company of
Pittsburgh, which the state closed last
fall. have been arrested on charges
growing out of the failure.
Went to Homes.-The officers of
the staff of the Seventh division left
last night for their homes, having
been mustered out of service. Cen
eral Clement has gone to Sunbury
where the headquarters of the divi-
sion of the National Guard will be
located.
New Berks Company.-The shil-
lington Motor Car company of Shil-
lington, Berks county, has been char
tered with a capital of $4,000.
Public Service List.-The applica-
ton of the city of Philadelphia for
approval by the Public Service Com
mission of the subway in Broad, Arch,
Eighth and Locust streets and the
10 nd In,
North Twenty-ninth street and of the
Frankford elevated from Dyer street
to Rain street, will be heard by the
commission here on Wednesday, to-
gether with a number of other aDpli-
cations for improvements of public
utilities. The commission will hold a
brief sitting here on Monday and de-
vote Tuesday to executive sessions.
Wednesday hearings will be held in
Harrisburg and Pittsburgh and on
Thursday the application of the
Western Maryland for approval of its
merger the Lebanon grade crossings,
the Middletown Ferry abandonment
proval of electric charters for the
Juniata valley will be heard. Hear
ings will be held in Harrisburg, Phila-
delphia and Scranton on Friday.
Armory Board Ca1led-The State
Armory Board has been summoned
for session here on January "a to
discuss legislation. 1t is probable that
requests will be made for large sum
to house organizations which have
returned from the border with addi-
tional units or which have been
changed, such as those converted to
artillery. Each infantry regiment
now has a machine gun, hea adquarters
and supply company, in addition to
its regular organizations. Horses and
wagons have also been brought back
which must be cared for.
Judge Mcpherson Here.-Judge D.
p. Mcpherson, of Gettysburg, was a
visitor to the State Capitol. He is a
former legislator.
To Hear Dauphin Casc.-The appli-
cation of the Pennsylvania Railroad
for the removal of the grade crossings
by the Speeceville bridge and other
changes on State Highway Route No. /
in Reed township will come before the
Public Service Commission Monday.
Mustered Out.-The officers of the
headquarters staff of the Seventh Di-
vision were mustered out yesterday
afternoon. General Clement left for
his home in Sunbury.
To Meet TucSday.-The State Water
Supply Commission will meet Tuesday
and VIII have some hearings to clear
its docket.
Will Honor Wood.-Coionei John p.
and former member OF the State
Industrial Board. will be given O. din
ner by the Five O'Clock Club in Phiia-
delphia tonight. Prominent men will
attend.
Good Answers.-Generai j. Lewis
Good, who commanded the First In
fantry and was a brigadier-genera
of the National Guard, has made a
tart answer to the United States Army
officers who attacked the National
Guard in speeches in Philadelphia.
Charges have also been made again
that IL was the regular army system
that caused falldowns in the equip
ment during mobilization.
After Fraternals.-Insurance Com
missioner O'Neil last night reiterated
his statement that he would ask the
Legislature for laws which would give
him jurisdiction over fraternal and
beneficial organizations with insurance
features. He will also put in the ''blue
sky bill'' which has been much dis
cussed the last four sessions.