Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-16

$56S2.T0: Mexican for s10.T00.06. |
and Susquehanna for S16.4Sa.46 as |
shares of the second class township |
cash road tax bonus.
To Remove Insane-Preparat rations |
are being made for the removal of |
a number of insane patients from .
the Harrisburg State Hospital to the /
Farview State Institution for the In I
sane TO make room for soldiers and
sailors whose reason may become
impaired. The Harrisburg State Hos
pital has been designated as one of
the places for treatment of men in
the national service.
Five EuliSte1-State Police head
quarters has enlisted five men, some
of them married and beyond thirty
years of age, to fill vacancies exist
ing in the four troops because of
the war and expiration of enlist
ments of men who have gone into
the Army or the police forces of cor
porations. There are still a num-
Der of vacancies.
Senator Here - Senator W. D.
Craig, of Beaver, was Capitol Wis
itor.
Cases Go over-The wilkes-BarreI
gas rate cases, scheduled for hear
ing tomorrow. have been postponed
! by the Public Service Commission.
| The bulk of the hearings for this
week have been postponed.
The Printing Code-The hearing
on the proposed printing code to-
morrow bids fair to be interesting.
There have been numerous objec-
uons made.
Many at Camp-The Reserve Mill
tia camp at Mount Gretna, has been
we'll attended by former National
Guardsmen and state officials. Gov
ernor Brumbaugh will review the
brigade Thursday.
No Action Taken-The Public
Service Commission adjourned last
night without acting in the Philadel-
railway cases. Nothing was done
about the course to follow in the Har-
risburg railway jitney complaints.
Board in Pittsburgh-The State
| Compensation Board is holding its
midsummer sittings for Western
/ Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh this
week
Snow at Wilkes-Barre-F. Herbert
Snow, chief engineer of the Public
I Service Commission, is in Wilkes
| Barre on valuation matters.
Preparing Plans-Plans for the
| construction OF the new state bridges
in Wyoming, Luzerne. Snyder and
| Huntingdon counties are being rap
idly made and the bids will be asked
l,before many weeks.
$1,000 Dogs-The report on dos
licenses in Philadelphia shows ST.
! 600 licensed. This report is being
lbrought 10 the attention of some
| counties.
] DR.. Miller a Major-Dr. B. F. Roy
/ er, acting commissioner of the State
! Department of Health to-day made
the follO~-ing announcements: DIR.
/ William Z. Miller, lecturer and man
ager of the state tuberculosis and
} general sanitary exhibit, has been
| given commission as major in the
/ Medical Reserve Corps of the Army.
I and has been directed to report on
( Thursday, the 18th. at Fort Ogle-
I thorpe, Ga. for a course of training
I in the school of hygiene at Camp
Greenleaf. The departments exhibits
are now on display in great tents at
Willow Grove Park. Philadelphia,
and in Forest Park. Pittsburgh. The.
demonstrators OF the department
Will continue the exhibits in these
parks and take them to all the large
county fairs just as if DR.. Miller had
remained in Pennsylvania public
health work i
The Doty Successor. Consider
able interest is being manifested here
in the appointment which Governor
Martin c. Brumbaugh will make to
succeed the late Judge L. S. Doty,
of Westmoreland county. Ex-Sena-
tor Chester D. Sensenich. of IRWIN.
who is said to have q candidate, was
here to-day. Ex-State Treasurer
James S. Beacon is also being men
toned. Democrats will make al
strong play to secure the appoint
ment on the ground that the late
judge WIS a Democrat
Ohio Governor Here-Governor
James NJ. Cox and Secretary of State
William D. Fulton. of Ohio, were
here to-day on their way to Wash
ington TO make some inquiries re-
garding Pennsylvania's method of
taking the soldier vote. Ohio has no
law on the subject, but took the
votes last year by commissioners
They secured copies of the Pennsyl-
vania law and the regulations for
commissioners last year, but had no
more information than is availab BILE
here as 20 what plan the War De- !
partment will adopt
To Meet Thursday. - The State
Commission of Agriculture has been !
called TO meet here on Thursday and !
IL is probable that some steps will |
be. taken regarding slection of a /
chief of markets. E. B. Dorsett, the |
former chief, is being much men, |
toned.
Final Session. The final session 1
OF the State Board of Accounts was
held at the Auditor Generals office
to-day and a number of tax settle |
ments cleared up.
Crossing Cases.-The Public Serv- |
ice Commission will continue the /
Lancaster grade crossing case TO-
morrow. The Essington grade cross |
ing case will also be heard.
Capitol Visitors. Ex-Auditor
General A. f. Sisson, Erie; Repre-
sentative Charles Walter. Cham
bersburg: Hale Hill, Pittsburgh. |
were Capitol visitors.
Arranging State Share.-Dr. B. F.
Roger, acting commissioner of
health. was in Philadelphia to-day
in connection with the state work |
for elimination of the mosquito pest
in the shipyard district.
Towanda Hearing.-The only Pub |
lie Service hearing to-day was that
at Towanda in which right to con-
struct a pole line without a state
permit was presented before Walter