Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-05

year or next, but efforts to secure
renewals are under discussion.
Teachers State Eund.-Arrange-
ments are being completed at the
Capitol for the organization of the
Teachers Retirement Fund where
DR.. Fl. II. Baish, of Altoona, is In
charge of the administration. Three
officials have been appointed as
members of the Board and the teach
ers of the state will be asked in
short time to name three. These
six will then choose the seventh
member. The plan is to ask the
teachers to arrange for selection
which will probably be done by gem
eral balloting. The next legislature
will make the first appropriation for
the fund and teachers will contribute
like sum.
No Fccs.-Auditor General Sny-
der has ordered returned to man
in Kansas a twenty-five cent piece
which the western man sent mere IN
letter requesting some information.
What information we can give MN
is free and your remittance is re-
turned" wrote the auditor genera !.
The quarter will travel about 2oOo
miles by the time it's round trip ends.
Board CalIed.-'The State Indus
trial Board has been called for
meeting in Philadelphia on tepru-
ary 13, when several codes VIII pe
considered. 1t is possible that an ap-
plication may be made for ruling
on whether women can be employed
in outside work at coal mines.
No Action Yet.-The Public Ser
vice Commission adjourned its exc
cutive session at l o'clock without
acting on the Philadelphia electric
rate schedule and is hearing argu-
ments in other cases. The executive
session will be resumed late In the
afternoon. A report on the progress
in the Pittsburgh Railways case was
made, but no action taken.
Patton to Attend. = Governor
Brumbaugh has named Secretary oil
Agriculture Charles E. Patton to rep
resent him at the funeral of James
E. Roderick, state chief of mines.
Big PaymentS-The Pennsylva-
MIA railroad to-day paid the state
$31S,000 as state tax on loans and
City Treasurer Shoyer made his hrst
payment to the state amounting TO
S1SS,00O. Register Sheehan palo
$52,
Shea to Go?-According to reports
about the Capitol, Con Shea, oi
Washington county, a personal ap-
pointee of Governor Tener to the
Capitol police force, is to be dismiss
ed because of q remark ne is al
legged to have made two years ago
about the Governor. -.
Public Seryicc-Officials OF the
Public Service Commission SAID TO-
day that no complaints had been re-
ceived in the last half dozen DAYS
against service of the PhllauelPIl''
Rapid Transit Company, although
number of inquiries have been
,coda &c 70 nrocedure. Members of
the commission declined to say any
thing about the conditions IN that
city this morning because there Is
nothing before them. The commls-
sion went into executive session oe-
fore noon and will have arguments
during the afternoon. I'll,
A long series of hearings Will
start tomorrow. morning ana on
FRIDAY Chairman Ainey will go to
Reading where he will sit in the
series of complaints against the
Reading Transit-and Light Com
pany from Berks, montgomery
Lebanon and Philadelphia counles'
these cases being chiefly relative 10
increase of fares and having peeh
grouped. .
VIII Meet Here - Following a
r,aatinp TO be held in Philadelphia
in short time the members OF the
state Commission to study the SUD
iect oI old age pensions, Will arranse
= schedule of hearings when VIII
include visits to Scranton, Readlns'
Allentown, Erie, Pittsburgh ana pos
siblv Altoona and ,Johnsto"n' Inc
commission has been working TO op-
tain late reports of old age pen
sions in force in Europe before the
war began.