Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06

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hearing at Allentown on the same
day, five of them involving water
rates or service.
To Meet Tuesday-The State
Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings will meet here Tuesday to de-
eide upon certain features of the
plans for Capitol Park extension. 1t
is the idea to have conference with
the city authorities of Harrisburg
regarding the highway lines and the
proposed monumental bridge. The
state fiscal boards will also meet that
day.
To Take Seat-EX-Judge Harold
M. Mcclure, of the Public Service
Commission, will hold his first hear
ings here next week. His acceptance
completes the commission for the
first time in almost year.
Record BY Trucks-For the first
time practically all of the equipment
and supplies needed for an encamp-
ment of the Pennsylvania Militia
have been moved from the State
Arsenal in this city to the encamp-
ment ground at Mt. Gretna by motor
truck. The last shipments will be
made by Captain w. l.. Hicks, the
dCllfiB KEEPER Ol tI1e oIdt0 AISSiieii,
early in the week. The encampment
will begin on Saturday and last a
week. Ordinarily the supplies are
shipped by train. but owing to the
transportation demands, Adjutant
General Beary decided to try motor
trucks and the two trucks at the
arsenal were put into service, three
others being used to help out. The
arsenal force has been working
night and day to keep the shipments
moving and to get things into shape.
Smallpox Again.-Reports receiv-
ed at the office of the State Health
Department show that smallpox mas
appeared in three sections of Allie
gheny county, one case in Wilson
Borough in the person of A. c.
Faulkner, who has been sick since
June 26 and the source of whose
infection the health authorities nave
not been able to ascertain; one case
in Mrs. Sarah West, who Sickened
on the same date but bears no re-
lation to the previous case. This
person is believed to have been in
rGoted in Laurel. Delaware. Tho
Delaware authorities are being noti-
fled to-day. One case in Braddock
in a negro camp of the Carnegie
Steel Company, secondary to pre-
vious case that developed on June
IT. A smallpox case has been dis
covered in Altoona in one Mrs
! Robert E. Pearson who lives in {
! rural district near Bellwood. She
| has been sick since June 25, came
| to Altoona on a street car on July
| at a time when she was in the
! fully developed stage of the disease
! and visited several of the larges
! stores and other public places Al.
| toona authorities are giving wide
! publicity to these facts so that un
! vaccinated persons may protec
themselves by being vaccinated.
Board Notwithstanding of thu
/ State Compensation Board arranged
! for this month include: Harrisburg
July s; Pottsville July 8; Wilkes
Barre July 10; Scranton July IL
/ Philadelphia July 12, 13 and 15
Pittsburgh July II, Is and 10.
The State Industrial Board will
meet in Philadelphia July 10.
New Draft Orders.-Orders hav,
| been issued from selective servic,
| headquarters to local draft board
| that Immediately upon mailing o
final classification to registrants o
the second registration who hav,
been finally classified in class l
notice to appear for physical exam
! ination shall be sent to all such reg
/ istrants and local boards shall pro
ceed to physical examination with
out delay" local boards have ais,
| been advised that when a registrant
number has been passed over be
cause of his being engaged in agri
culture in accordance with regula
/ tions they may not issue permits re
| leasing such registrants to the emer
| gency fleet, merchant marine, nav.
or marine corps.
Award Made.-William Seitz, o
Shippensburg, locomotive fireman
for the Philadelphia and READING
! Railway Company, has been award
ed $4,000 for the loss of both leg
below the knee by Workmen's Com
pensation Referee Chester w. Cum
mings in a hearing at Harrisburg
Seitz will receive compensation a
the rate of SO a week until the max
imum payment of $4,000, allowe
by the compensation law, is paid. In
jury was sustained by Seitz Januar
8, 1918. in the Philadelphia an
Reading Yards at Shippensburf
when the locomotive on which h
was firing collided with a pushe
locomotive. Both his legs wer
crushed and his right leg was scald
ed.
Visiting Montrose-Chairma "
ID. B. Ainey, of the Public Servic
Commission, has gone to Montros
to spend a vacation of a week.
Report Received - COMMISSIONS
of Labor and Industry Palmer ha
received a report on the fire at tn
Mt. Union explosives plant in whic
it is shown that improvemen wer
instrumental in preventing furthe
loss. The inquiry into the cause c
the fire is still under way.
RABBITS DAMAGE GARDENS