Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-01

will begin on Monday, June 8. and
run until Saturday. June s. Adjutant
General Frank d. Beary will attend
and q number of army officers Will
likely be present. The camp will be
preliminary to the first encampment
of the brigade, which will be held
in July at the Mount Gretna site.
June Meeting.-The June meeting
of the State Board of Pardons, the
last for the summer months, will be
held June 19. There are already
a number of cases listed.
DIR. Schaeffer's DaySrDr. Nathan
C. Schaeffer, State superintendent or
Public Instruction, to-day completed
twenty-five years in his ofhce, the
longest service of any head of de-
partment in recent history of the
State government. The doctor is the
dean of heads of departments at the
Capitol and was sent congratulatory
messages to-day He was first COM
missioned by Robert E. Pattison on
June /, 1898, and' has been re-
appointed by every Governor since.
Public Seryicc"The Public Serv-
ice Commission will sit in Harrisburg
on Tuesday to hear the argument
in the objections to the lease between
the city of Philadelphia and the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany. The Coatesville fare cases will
come up the following day, when
complaints against gas rates in
Schuylkill and Carbon counties,
water service in Allegheny and vari-
Gus rate cases will be heard. The
complaints against trolley rates in
Butler county will be heard June b.
Hearings will also be held in Pitts
burgh June 8 and Z.
No AppIicants-The state police
department did not have any enlist
ments to-day although there are
twenty-eight vacancies on the force.
The first of the month is always en-
listment day and for years there
have been numerous applicants for
vacancies. The war and industrial
demands have caused the waiting list
to disappear and there are more
vacancies now than for a long time.
To Go Over Bids-Bids submitted
Yesterday for construction of state
roads and state aid roads will be
gone over by Highway Commissioner
O'Neil next week and awards in some
cases may be made.
Compensation Cases-The State
Compensation Board has affirmed
the disallowance of compensation
in the case of Paoli VS.. Tower Hill
Connellsville Coke Company in which
the question arose whether payment
of a hospital bill can be construed
as payments in compensation when
no agreements were entered into ard
the claim not made until year
after the accident. The decision was
based on the time limit having ex-
pired. New hearings were awarded
al,s l.
awanna railroad and Thomas VS..
Aetna Explosives Company. In a
dozen cases appeals were dismissed.
To Attend Conventional. Herman
Knisely will go to Pittsburgh to at
tend the annual convention of the
State Association of Boroughs.
Henderson Sworn In-Judge
George Henderson of the Philade
phia orphans court. took the oath
of office yesterday. He was the Co..
ernor's appointee.
Collins n Speaker-Emerson Col
Inns. deputy attorney general and a
classmate of General P. C. -Iarch
made the address at the Lafayette
celebration yesterday, speaking for
the state.
Eye Men Arrested-Men accused
of running an illegal "eye clinic" in
Philadelphia, have been arrested at
the instance of state authorities.
Porter Well Ahead-Fifty-thre
counties show vote of 134.5SS for
Judge W. D. Porter, of Allegheny,
for denomination for Superior Court,
to 1904 for Stephen H. Huselton.
Cambria and Berks filed returns to-
day.
Washington Joins-The borough
of Washington to-day Joined in
complaints against the new rates of
the Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company, of Pittsburgh.
Local CaSe-The cases against
the Harrisburg Gas Company have
been fixed for June 19 at the Public
Service Commission.