Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-11

&-ossS[ss-SS ton for them so
as not to disrupt
/ the state service. In the last week
or so heads of various departments
have been discussing the matter and
! the Public Service Commission will
request an early ruling from WASH
ington.
In a numper OF instances, it will
be pointed out, state engineers in
their Investigations and carrying out
of directions have facilitated govern
ment of men and materials and also
helped repair breaks in water and
electric service.
| Most of the engineers remaining in
state service are within the new
draft limits.
Pardon Board List-Thirty- two
cases, five of them held over from
June, have been listed for the meet
ing of the State Board of Pardons
| on September Is. In the twenty
seven new cases are three applica-
/ tions for commutation of death SEN
tences and four in which it will be
represented that men are dying in
prison. Since filing of these appli-
cations one man has died. Six ap-
plications for rehearings are also to
1 be heard.
Repair Work Rushed-Owing to
the heavy movement of army motor
truck trains from western assemb-
| ling points over state through high
ways the State Highway Department
is concentrating it's repair and main
; ;tenanec forces on the National and
Lincoln highways. These roads
which will be much used for mill
tary trains this winter, are to be put
into the best condition possible.
| Visited Capitol-Among visitors to
the Capitol were Ex-senator James
NJ. Campbell, Mercer and Joseph NJ.
Mackrell, Pittsburgh
Named to Scholarship-Miss Mabel
E. Johnson, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed to a scholarship in
Philadelphia Textile school by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh.
Permits .Issued-The State Water
Supply Commission last night is
sued permits for James S. Shearer to
repair a mill dam across Sherman's S
Creek in Wheatfield township, Perry
county; Charles H. Hunt for a bridge
over Little Conestoga creek in
Manor township, Lancaster county
and the North Branch Dredging Com
pany for permission to dredge in
Shamokin creek near Hamilton.
| To Help Army-E. B. Dorsett, the
new director of markets of the De-
partment OF Agriculture, has sent
I letters to the quartermasters of va
rious camps in vicinity of Pennsyl-
vania making inquiries as to ways
whereby the state can be of service
on obtaining supplies of Pennsylva-
mia farm produce for the military
| establishments. He will arrange to
put farmers in communities special
] iZincr in aPin1IC arn6itafS n fnna6
with the army authorities.
Want TO Build-The State Armory
Board has been called for a meet
ing on Tuesday to discuss the pro-
posed construction of armory build
\ ings or additions at Reading, Tyrone,
| Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The
latter is for cavalry and the Pitts
burgh project for artillery. If the
War Industries Board will approve
| the acquisitions for steel the state
will go ahead.
Don't Know a Bargain-Highway
Commissioner O'Neil to-day declined
to readvertise for bids for construc-
ton of five miles of state highway
in Heidelberg township, Berks coun-
| ty,. on which the best price was
! S162, 1000. The Berks County Com
missioners asked that a new invita-
ton be made for bids. Mr.. O'Neil
holds that the price, considering
war conditions, is favorable, and
that as the national government is
paying $4,000 a mile and the coun-
ty is getting credit for what it paid
for freeing the William Penn high
way of toll roads between Reading
and Harrisburg, its net share of the
contract would be about $4,000.
The project has been given govern
ment approval and he stated that he
thought work should go ahead as it
is a main highway and post road.
Priority Rules-The question of
whether priority of exemption of a
name shall not govern where there
are two sets of nomination papers
filed, will be asked of the Attorney
Generals Department by the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. In four
districts there are double nomina-
ton papers filed under the Fair Play
name. At the Capitol it is stated that
the priority appears to be held by
signers favorable to Nicholas -di-
Demmo and J. L. Lewis, Sd Phila-
delphia; w. ]. Brady and Alexander
Colville, 10th Philadelphia; S. ].
Perry and ]. f. Snowden, 18th Phil
adelphia; Adam c. Schaeffer, First
Schuylkill.
Mr.. Glass Here-Representa
Leopold c. Glass, of Philadelphia.
was here to-day in connection with
nomination matters.
General Stewards Death-To- day
was the first anniversary of the
death of Adjutant General Thomas J.
Stewart.
To Issue Slips-An order was made
on the Scranton Railways Company
by the Public Service Commission to-
day for issuance of excess fare GER
tificates.
Service Hearings - Complaints
against the rates of the Schuylkill
Railways Company, were heard by
Public Service Commissioner John S.
Killing to-day from the boroughs of
Ashland and Mahonoy City, similar
attacks being made on the rates of
the Chambersburg and Gettysburg
system near Mont Alto. The respond
ent did not appear in the complaint
against the Carlisle and Mt. Holly
systems fare and service.
Airplanes in Vicinity: