Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-19
DONALDSON GETS
REAPPOHNTMENT
Prominent Harrisburger and
Lewis S. Sadler Named to
State Hospital Board


Harrisburg's most prominent citi-
zens, banker and businessman and
chairman of the war savings COM
mittee for Dauphin county, and Lew
is S. Sadler. of Carlisle, one of the
active spirits in the State Committee
of Public Safety, were to-day re-
appointed members of the board of
trustees OF the Pennsylvania State
Hospital for the Insane in this city.
Both have been members for years.
William p. Stevenson, McVeytown
banker, was to-day reappointed a
member of the State Forestry Com
mission.
Mrs. John P. Ruhl, of Lewisburg,
was appointed a member, of the
board of mothers pension trustees
for Union county.
The West Chester Street Railway
Company to-day filed answers to
complaints made to the Public Serv-
ice Commission by the city of
Coatesville and the Chamber of
Commerce of Coatesville. 1t is denied
that the fare increase is unreason-
able or that valuation is excessive.
1t is also claimed that the company
pays SIS, 900 to the city for street re-
pairs. A hearing will be held shortly.
The briefs in the full crew cases
have been filed and the commission
Will consider them. No decisions in
regard to Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit or Springfield Consolidated Water
cases were given at the executive
session held to-day. Complaint
against action of John P. Van Etten,
president of the Van Pike Telephone
Company, Milford, in disseminating
90 1.ax- I,
commission by G.. S. Bull of Milford.
1t is one of the few cases in which
action of an individual officer of a
company has been attacked.
The Attorney Generals Depart
ment to-day took final steps to OBJ
tain clear title to all land in Capitol
park extension area by petitioning
the Dauphin county court to mark
satisfied six mortgages, some dating
from the forties and fifties. The pro-
ceedings are to be taken under the
act of 1881. The mortgages are for
thousands of dollars and the pre-
sumption of payment years ago has
been raised. Some were given to
William Allison and William X.
Nerbeke, both long dead.
The State Defense Commission
has been called for a meeting here
on Thursday to discuss future work
especially in agricultural matters.
Lieutenant ColonelS l.. j. Kolb
and Samuel d. Lit, members of the
Governors staff, have been named
to muster in units of the First In
fantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Mill
tia, this week in vicinity of Philadel-
phia.
Nominating petitions were filed at
the Capitol to-day as follows: Sent
ate, j. Howard Burns, Selinsgrove,
Republican, Twenty-seventh district.
and r. b. Scandrett, Pittsburgh, Re-
publican, Forty-second. House, Rep
resentatives r. S. Spangler, Repub-
lican, First York, and Joseph E.
Phillips, Republican, Clearfield; S.
f. Zool, Republican, Second Blair;
Nicholas Powell, Republican, Third
Allegheny; Daniel E. Hendricks,
Prohibition, First Delaware.
The Public Service Commission
has transferred to Philadelphia the
hearing in the complaint of Miller
VS.. Pennsylvania railroad and others
which involves elevator privileges. 1t
viii be held in City Hall, Philadel-
phia. 1t will be held Thursday by
Commissioner Alcorn.
Commissioner Killing will go to
Pittsburgh tonight to hold hear
ings.
Governor Brumbaugh will speak
at Lancaster's centennial tomorrow
night.
Auditor. General Snyder and Ga
briel II. Meyer attended the Allen
town gathering of the p. o. S. of A.
Attorney General Brown, who
came to the city to-day after a visit
to his farm, said that he never felt
better" in his life. When asked if
that meant there was to be a real
old time fight, he laughed and said,
II tell you I'm feeling fine"
State Treasurer Kephart, who has
been sick, will be unable to get here
this week.
New smallpox cases have been re-
ported to the Department of Health
from York, Tioga and Greene coun-
ties.