Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02
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gether kindly to the excess fare cer-
tifcates established because of the
litigation over the six-cent fare on
the Harrisburg Railways system and
some people refused to take them
when offered by the conductors.
The conductors were told to have the
certificates handy and passengers
were given to understand that they
had to ask for them just as they do
for free transfers but some of the \
riders refused to be bothered when
told by conductors that they could
have them. One conductor report
ed several handed back to him and
issued them again. Under the rul-
ings of The Public Service Commits
sion placards announcing the new
certificates must be posted and this
will be done. Indications are, how
ever that many passengers will not
bother about the penny slips, as
they have already been dubbed.
The Railways Co., expects to have
to issue millions of the certificates
as over 100000 persons were haul
ed last year on the lines. Money
will be set aside to meet the certi-
ficates which will be redeemable il
the company loses the right to the
increased fare On the Valley Rail-
way system many workmen asked for
the slips which will represent the
two cents in litigation on that sys-
tenn and started to keep them like
they do tobacco coupons.
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While there are some men who
equal the record of DIR. Joseph Kalb-
fus as an officer of the State Com
mission for a quarter of a century
in other parts of the Capitol the
veteran Game authority has a rec
I'd Of 81, ~ ;Y, tot
service. He was connected with the
Department Of the Secretary Of the
Commonwealth for some years prior
| to the establishment of the Game
| bureau. From a handful of men in
| an office the Game Commission has
developed to a big agency of tho
state government in the time the
doctor has been connected with it,
one of The most notable features
being when it was put on self
sustaining basis by the hunters
| license act.
There are now six service stars
/ on the State Treasury flag. Her
bert d. Harry, of this city, is the
| latest attache of the department
to enter the service and he will leave
| in a day or so for Fort Thomas,
near Cincinnati. To-day he was pre-
sented with a wristwatch by his as
sociates in the department. Mr..
Harry, was formerly commission
clerk in the Governors office and is
well known all over the state.
"Saluting the flag is not a reli-
gious matter but something of plain
every day patriotism" said DIR.
Nathan g. Schaeffer, State Superin-
! tendent of Public Instruction, in talk
ing about the visit paid to him by
two Montgomery County Mennonites
asking him TO rule that children OF
| their denomination need not salute
the flag az school, II told them
that where there is a rule that il
must be obeyed and that | would
not rule that they did not have to
salute the flag where there was no
rule. l think children should salute
the flag and 1 made it pretty plain.
l was surprised when | was request
ed to make such a ruling for Penn
sylvania people"
Some notaries public are having
very uncomfortable times as the re-
suit of changing registrants for fill-
| ing out missionaries and swearing
them, judging from letters which are
coming to the State Capitol. In
some of the letters men complain
that people are saying unkind things
to them and ask what is tho law
Most of the answers which are 60
! ing back are that while notarial
| fees are chargeable few people are
charging soldiers and that charges
for filling out questionnaires are un-
| justifiable.
Apropos of the reports that DR..
| Charles Is pnnrnCa oh irr1 nf he
| State Game Commission and well
known to many here, is to become
the president of the American
Academy of Natural Sciences at
Philadelphia as successor to his
friend of many years, the late DIR.
Samuel G.. Dixon, the Philadelphia
Inquirer says:
'Dr. Penrose, like his brother
Boies, the senior United States Sem
ator from Pennsylvania is a great
lover of outdoor sport, and is num-
bered among the most prominent of
the big game hunters of the county.
He helped in the passage of the lat
est game laws of this state, and as
president of tae Geological Society,
which in Falrmount Park is con-
ducting the greatest garden Of its
kind in the world. DR.. Penrose is
given credit for the establishment
tnefe OF u nOdefnly equipped paths
illogical laboratory, where records
are kept of the autopsies made upon
every animal in the collection, and
elaborate reports are made thereon
for scientific purposes. 1t was while
on one of his trips with his brother
Boies, in the wilds of Wyoming, that
DR.. Penrose had the most thrilling
experience in his career and almost
met his death"
THE removal of the buildings in
the Capitol extension district has
given people of Harrisburg an idea
of the splendid State House we have
in our city and I hope in time this
park will he lined with handsome
edifices like Technical High School,
the new Hotel Penn Harris and the
Y. w. c. A., remarked Dr. Henry
NJ. Slime, county commissioner.
Appointment of James M. Cam
eroh to keep a hand on the various
building and construction projects in
Dauphin county the remainder of
the war as the representative of the
federal authorities and the State
Council of National Defense, seems
to have met with very general favor
in this community. Mr.. Cameron is
exceptionally well informed on activ-
tiles in Harrisburg and the boroughs
of the county and thoroughly in
touch with business conditions.