Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-12
PAINTINGS WILL
BE UNVEILED
Exercises in the Senate Cham
ber in Honor of the Oakley
Decorations

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SYGDlSOSM evening and in ad-
IN X6606Sk1 dition to legislators
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AldHMWEdHT#E partment there will
3BWO0SWtS be present a distin-
guished company
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The exercises will begin at $50 and
the paintings will be accepted on be-
half of the State by Governor Brum-
baugh, president of the Board of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings, and on be-
half of the Senate by Lieutenant Gov
ernor McClain.
Miss Oakley will explain the theme
of the paintings and Isaac II. Clothier.
the prominent Philadelphian, who
aided Miss Oakley in making the ar
rangements for the paintings, will also
speak.
The regular session of the Senate
will not begin until $50.
Holiday on the Hill. - To-day was
a holiday at the Capitol but there was
not much evidence of it. Most of the
departments were open for routine
business. The Public Service Com
morrow instead of to-day.
Commission Session. The Com
mission of Agriculture will hold ses-
sion tomorrow to discuss the final
details of the budget. The plans of
Zoologist Sanders for the extension
of the survey of pests will be taken up.
The commission will probably request
n hearing from the House committee
on appropriations.
Officials Invited. - Lieutenant Gov
ernor -McClain, Auditor General-elect
Snyder and others have been invited
to attend the banquet of the Veteran
Athletes of Philadelphia on Wednes-
day. Speaker Baldwin may respond
to toast.
Wants to Buy PIant.-The borough
of Glassport has filed an application
with the Public Service Commission to
buy the plant of the Monongahela
water works of that town.
Mine Case Submitted. equity
Attorney General Hargest has taken
under consideration the charge of ].
A. ODonnell that William Reid, a
Columbia mine inspector, did not have
a license for that county but had one
from Lackawanna. The case is a
unique one.
General Young to Speak. - State
Treasurer Robert K. Young is to lee
ture tomorrow evening at Emmanuel
Presbyterian Church on Lincoln. The
State Treasurer has made an intimate
study of the great emancipator and
the address will contain much new
as the result of his researches
General Stewart Better. - Adjutant
General Stewart, who has had the grip
for the last few days, is much i'm
proved.
To Open Bids Bids for the new
Tioga county bridge will be opened
at the meeting of the Board of Pub
lie Grounds and Buildings tomorrow.
Governor Returning Governor
Brumbaugh returned to the Capitol
this afternoon after spending the week
end in Philadelphia. The Governor
was accompanied by a number of
guests who came for the unveiling of
the Oakley paintings.
Seek Rehearing - Application for
a rehearing of the Aston murder case
from Chester county was made to the
Board of Pardons to-day. Aston has
been respited to the week of Feb
ruary 27.
Many Visitors - In spite of the fact
that to-day was holiday the Capitol
was thronged by visitors.