Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-23

I Rio Grande in
1916 and the
early part of 1917, will begin in a
very short time. Adjutant General
Frank ID. Beary, has received the
1rst medals and on April 2. will be
at Camp Hancock, to receive the ap-
| plications of men now in the 2Sth
dlVlSlon who are qualified to receive
them, while men in the organiza-
tlons of the service or in civil life,
viii make application to the Adju-
tant General at the State Capitol.
The mdal is of bronze, of service
side, with bust of William Penn
in armor on one side and figure of
Liberty with shield raised and sword
IN sheath on the other. In front of
the goddess is the American eagle,
while behind is a rattle snake. The
goddess is facing the Rio Grande,
with representations of plenty in the
helds on the American side and cac-
tus on the Mexican side. The medal
is appropriately inscribed.
The ribbon is of Pennsylvania blue
with narrow stripe of the three Mex
lean colors in the center. The bars
will be issued with the medals.
i Well Under Way-The last of the
units of the First infantry of the
= Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, will
be mustered in during the coming
week, and the formation of the
; Philadelphia troop of the cavalry is
under way. Almost half of the third
infantry is mustered and two and a
half companies of the second. The
machine gun detachments will be
mustered in before very long.
The Printing Code-The new code
for sanitation and safety in the print
III Is,l,~.
being drafted by the State Industrial
Board and a committee of employers
and employees, will be ready for a
) hearing in a few weeks. 1t is the
idea to make it effective this sum
mer
Public Service-The Public Serv-
ice Commission will probably not
take any action in regard to either
Philadelphia or Pittsburgh transit
matters, when it meets in executive
session here Monday. Hearings have
been scheduled for Philadelphia on
Wednesday on the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit lease and complaints
lagainst the Philadelphia Suburban
Gas and Electric Co., while in this
city hearings will be held Tuesday
in Lebanon, Allegheny and Fayette
county cases. Thursday hearings
WIN pt iiCiu Oii . ltiuC VI oS5iho NeiSCo,
among them one for a crossing i'm
Eddistone for the duration of the
war" One of the unusual applica-
tions is for incorporation of a ferry
across the Monongahela, between
Fayette and Green counties.
First Samples Taken-First sam
pies of foods and drinks have been
taken by agents of the State Dairy
and Food Commissioner, in several
towns which have had rapid growths
because of the development of NUM-
tions and railroad plants. The sam
pies are of practically everything
sold for food, and were sent to
chemists for analysis.
To Provide ediate
steps are to be taken by the State
Department of Agriculture to pro-
vide for farm tractor service in the
northern tier. The schedules for the
southern parts of the state are de-
clared at the departmental offices to
be up to the available tractors.
Whether any additional machines
will be bought or not depends upon
the applications and the localities
from which they come. The COM
mittee in charge of the tractor pur-
chases will consider them.
New Railroad Linc-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad has asked the Public
Service Commission to approve a
contract between the city of Phila-
delphia and the company as lessee
of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington railroad for construction
of a branch line of railroad across
the Fortieth ward of Philadelphia
from the county line of Philadelphia
and Delaware counties near the juno
ton of Bow Creek and the back
channel through city property across
lowlands west of the Schuylkill river
and across the Chester branch of the
Philadelphia and Reading to the
main line of the Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington near SiXtieth
| street.
McAdoo Waves FTag-Director
General McAdoo has telegraphed to
! the Public Service Commission sug-
gesting that action be deferred in
! the proceedings for elimination of
! grade crossing on the line of the
| Reading railway in Reading, because
! of money and materials being need
ed for transportation purposes, until
! the existing war emergency passes.
The case is listed for a hearing in
Reading on April 5 and a conference
on the subject will be held here on
Monday between the commission,
Reading city and railroad officials.
Petitions Eiled-General w. j.
! I1ulings, Oil City, to-day filed q peti-
ton to be candidate for the Repub-
lican congressional nomination in the
Twenty eighth district He was a
candidate at the special primary last
year. Other nominating petitions filed
were. HSuse, Michael Wolf, Demo
crat, Lycoming; A. S. Moulthrop, Re-
publican, Clearfield; Erwin Merrill
Democrat, Northumberland, and S
c. Hepler, Democrat, Clarion. State
Committee, j. c. Bateson, Republi.
can, Lackawanna.
New Licutcnant-William j. Mil
Ter, Williamsburg, has been appointed
a second lieutenant of Reserve Mill.
tia and assigned to Company d, &c
Infantry.
Commission Called - The State
Fisheries Commission has been call.
ed for a meeting in Philadelphia oil
Monday to discuss the spring work
in eastern counties and to inspect
Torresdale hatchery and consider
Delaware river fisheries.
Ball Enlists-William II. Ball, sec.
retary to the Governor, has enlisted
as a private in Company l, I'd Re.
serve Militia, in this city. William
Tomlinson, of the Adjutant Generals
Department, and William ID. Miller
of the Public Grounds and Buildings
Department, have also become mem.
bers.
Wants Reparation-The Cambris
Steel Company to-day filed request
with the Public Service Commission
for reparation of $1,S83.77 from the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad oil
some shipments of stone, which il