Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-24

eE sszzzESaD ficers OF the Com
monwealth almost forty Years apart
They were Walter Franltlin, commits.
stoned in 1908 and his son, Thomas
e. Franklin, commissioned In 1851
The gallery in the department. is now
about completed, several donation.
of oil paintings having been made In
the last few years
In addition to the Franklins the
department contains the portraits
of the two Todds, James Todd, Attor-
ney General in 1888 and his son, M
Hampton Todd, Attorney General un-
der Edwin S. Stuart. Portraits of the
two Brewsters, Benjamin Harrie
Brewster and F. Carroll Brewster
and the two Reeds, Joseph Reed and
William b. Reed.
Would Abandon Line-The unusual
application of a railroad seeking to
abandon part of its line has been
listed by the Public. Service Commits
sion for next Wednesday. 1t was flied
by the Bellefonte Central which de-
from its line between State College
and Pine Grove Mills. Thursday the
hearing of complaints against fare
increases of the Reading Transit and
Light will be held in Reading.
Thirty-six Join-Thirty-six states
have joined in the movement to
change fire prevention day from Oc-
tober to November, because of its
original date falling within the period
for the Liberty Loan drive. The state
fire marshals ohsce has issued no
tices to thousands of industrial plants
and municipalities by the hundreds
to cooperate in clearing away fire
hazards.
The Last Quota0-The last of the
quotas for the calls made this week
for drafted men from Pennsylvania
to go to camp in the first six days
of September were completed at
state draft headquarters to-day, They
are for $500 white men for Camp
Forrest, Ga. and 500 white men for
Camp Sherman, Ohio, to be entrain-
ed between September s and g. The
quotas are apportioned almost en-
tirely to counties west of Indiana and
jefferson. The quotas for the Camp
Lee movement commencing Monday
are about complete To-day young
men who have become twenty-one
since June 5 are registering in every
district and boards will receive others
on Monday who will not register to-
day. because of religion, Monday
night they will report number reg
istered- Preparations for the regiStra-
ton of men under the new draft
law are under way, the first ship
ments of supplies having come here,
~They include 2,466,000 registration
cards Questionnaires will be sent to
all men registered by Monday night.
One Month Left-The period for
filing nomination petitions for the
Supreme Court, whereby names will
be printed on the ballot for the two
supreme Court justice seats to be
Slled this year, will expire in Just
about one month. Already eight sets
of nominating petitions have been
filed Numerous inquiries have been
made here in the last ten days as to
requirements The time for fling
Withdrawals and substitutions for
legislative nominations will not eX-
pire for six weeks
No definite arrangements have
been made as vet for the taking of
the votes of the soldiers, but COM
missionerS will undoubtedly be
named for the army camps in this
country.
Fighting Fires. State forestry
authorities have started in to pre-
pare for the usual outbreak of fall
forest fires and will warn all per-
sons going into the woods to camp
of the dangers of destruction of vaiu-
able timber at a time when it is
sought to conserve it The state has
paid $4,000 since March for fighting
1870 forest fires which burned over
100000 acres and caused loss of
splendid trees
Snow to Inquire The report of
the Pennsylvania Railroad engineers
to the State Public Service Commits
sion to the effect that the State street
bridge in this city needs further re-
pairs was to-day sent to Chief Engi-
neer Snow of the commission for fur
ther steps
Typhoid Cases. - State health in
spectors have determined that the
cause OF the typhoid outbreak at
Lewistown was infected milk bottles,
while ice cream is blamed for the
disease in Downingtown and vicinity.
Inspectors were to-day detailed to
Hastings to make an inquiry into ten
cases of typhoid in that place.
Sewerage Hearing. The Public
Service Commission has fixed Septem-
Der IS as the date TO hear complaints
against the new rates of the Wayne
Sewerage Company. brought by town
ships and individuals living near the
Philadelphia city line.