Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-30

'oiieh H. manning, the cityS park
adviser, will present their views.
1t is understood that the bridge
details will be finally determined
upon for submission to the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings and
then the city and county authorities
Will be called in. Assurance of the
necessary legislation to provide Cor
the bridge has been given from
highly influential quarters, while the
treatment of the Capitol Park will
De most sympathetically regarded
curing the next administration. The
plahs at present are to have every
thlng ready for a joint meeting of
state and city officials presided over
| Dy Governor Brumbaugh upon his
return from Maine so that the legis-
lauon can be prepared Immediately.
n Question of Fact.-Defense that
an employe of a railroad was en-
saged In interstate commerce when
Killed can only be invoked when the
man was actually so engaged holds
chairman Harry A. Mackey, of the
State Compensation Board, in affirm
ing an award by Referee Seidle in
the claim of Bell Sandt, Easton,
against the Lehigh Valley railroad.
Her husband was a member of a
crew which was on its way to a yard
TO handle some cars when he was
killed and the chairman says: I'VE
Will not hold, that because subse-
quent to the death of Sanda. his
crew handled some cars containing
interstate commerce that the same
condition would have prevailed had
this accident not happened. Inter
state commerce is a question of fact
and not one of intention" The chair
man also upheld the award of COM
pensation to Martha ]. Arnold for
the death of her husband who was
fatally injured while driving a fire
truck of the city of Easton in re-
sponse to an alarm. In the claim of
Christina Poplusky, Philadelphia,
against the Eddystone Ammunition
Corporation an award of compensa-
ton is made because she was par
TALLY dependent upon earnings of a
son in view of the fact that her
husband did not work regularly and
in Hogan VS.. United Fruit Company.
Philadelphia, it is held that an
award is not warranted because the
accident occurred in maritime work
and at time when il could not come
under congressional enactments of
1917.
Asking Estimates.-The State Ar
mory Board is asking for estimates
for the enlargements of the cavalry
armory at Philadelphia and the in
fantry armory at Reading. but any
work will be contingent upon prior
ity orders.
New Hearings. - New hearings
have been awarded in the compen-
sation claims of Wright vs. .Felis &,
Co, Philadelphia; and Haley VS..
Lackawanna railroad. Scranton.
Must Use Care.-"The haphazar ard
procedure at present followed in OBJ
tanning information regarding al
legged delinquents and deserters has
proven unsatisfactory" declares Ma
jor w. G.. Murdock, the state dra It
officer. in a letter addressed to all
local draft boards in PENNSYLVANIA
in which he laws down the methods
to be followed. All inquiries re-
garding status of any delinquents
are to be addressed to the state
headquarters of the state of which
the man claims to be a resident and
where a man claims to have no reg
istration card and not to remember
where he registered he is to be given
opportunity to register at once. When
descriptive lists of deserters are re-
ceived by local boards they are to
promptly turn them over to the
proper police authorities and re-
quest that an immediate investiga-
ton be made"
Another Soldier Houck. - Henry
Houck. Jr., son of Secretary of In
ternal Affairs Paul w. Houck and
grandson of the late secretary, has
enlisted in the naval coast defense
reserves at Philadelphia. He grad
n
sylvania this year and is the sec
ond son of the secretary to go into
the service, his brother, Captain
Paul Houck. being on the border
with a machine gun battalion.
Senator Crow Improves - Tele-
grams to-day told of the continued
improvement in the condition of
Senator Crow.
No Action Taken-The Public
Service Commission did not reach
any decision in regard to the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit lease at the
executive session this morning, and
in the event that nothing is deter
mined at the afternoon meeting the
opinion is that it will not be acted
upon finally for at least three weeks.
Members of the commission de-
clined to make any statement IN
proposition. During the day the
commission is scheduled to consider
several other cases which were
heard recently, including matters
pertaining to fare franchise ordi-
nances in the western part of the
state.
Mr.. Woods Here-Secretary of the
Commonwealth Woods was at the
Capitol on his way to Wernersville
to spend a short time.
Pittsburgh Visitor - Hale Hill,
former corporation clerk to the Aud
itor General, was at the Capitol to-
day.
and two groups of citizens to-day
filed complaints before the Public
Service Commission against the in
crease of fare from six to eight cents
recently announced by the Reading
Transit and Light Company. The
complaints will be lisRed and an
swers asked. The complainants were
Norristown, Pottstown, Shillington,
Wernersville. Mohnton. Womelsdorf,
Sinking Spring. Birdsboro and Rob
esonia. while citizens of Collegeville
and Robesonia also complained. In
some of the complaints the charge is
made that the increase is against
terms of franchise ordinances, nota-
bly, Norristown, and that the adj
vance is excessive. The borough of
Summit Hill and a number of resi-
dents of Nesquehoning filed COM
plaint against an advance in rates
by the Panther Valley Electric
Light Company, of Lansford, while