Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-25

geographical distribution OF the units
with Adjutant General Frank d.
Beary and Major General w. G!
Price, commanding the Guard.
Formal letters have been received
here authorizing the formation of
a tactical division of Pennsylvania
troops and the various auxiliary or
ganizations and such other units as
may be formed will be authorized
before very many days.
Appointment of the colonels has
caused numerous applications for
commissions to be made by men with
overseas service records.
The State Compensation Board
has set aside the petition for review
of the compensation proceedings in
Dragevich VS.. Cambria Steel Co.,
holding that the testim ony shows that
the claimant is able to go to work; but
has set aside the final receipts in
Shestock VS.. Ebenburg Coal Co., the
claimant having undergone one
operation and declined to submit to
another on the ground that his dis
ability would be increased rather
than diminished. A new hearing Is
ordered in Conway VS.. Sugar Run
Coal Mining Co., Altoona, and petit
ton dismissed in Clark VS.. Union
Switch and Signal Co., Swissvale.
State Highway contractors are
making faster progress this month
than for a long time, thanks to
weather conditions which have been
more favorable than in summer. In
certain sections of the State the
Highway Department has arranged
to open quarries close to operations
so that time may be saved.
Quite few people on Capitol Hill
recognized an old friend in Bill"
Nye, of the United States Secret
Service, who was in charge of the
Belgian royal party as representa-
tive of the United States Govern
ment. Mr.. Nye is one of the best
known of the secret service men and
has been here a number of times.
For being on the job there are few
like Nye.
Many of the questions coming to
the Capitol nowadays which seek in
formation relate to the liquor laws.
State officials are taking the ground
that prohibition is a Federal matter
and most of the problems are re-
ferred to Washington.
Governor Sproul will leave early
next week for Massachusetts,. He
is in Philadelphia to-day.
The Belgian visit to the Capitol
reminded people of the whirlwind
visit paid by Col. Roosevelt in 1906.
The Colonel arrived, exclaimed,
walked through and went out and
made his speech, declaring after
wards that the Capitol was one of
the prettiest buildings he had ever
seen.
The State Board of Property meets
next Wednesday on the Hog Island
case.
Speaker Robert S. Spangler came
up from York yesterday for the re-
ception to the Belgians.
The State Commission of Fisher
les has been called to meet in Phila-
delphia on Monday for it's first meet
ing since the appropriations were
made. The winter and spring work
will be outlined and improvements
at headquarters considered. The
FTorresdale hatchery will be inspect
ed. Detailed statements on the work
of this year will be made.
Reports at the close of the first
week of the small game hunting
season indicate that there has been
pretty fair quail and pheasant shoot
ing in districts where birds were
taken care of during the winter and
many squirrels bagged. The pro-
lection was taken off red squirrels
this year and many of the other
varieties have been shot this season.
The Public Service Commission
has scheduled hearings for Harris
burg, Williamsport and Philadelphia
next week Thursday the Williams
port hearing will be on complaints
against the Northern Central Gas
Company. The Philadelphia hearing
will be on Holmesburg and Disston
water rates on Friday. Arguments
will be heard here Monday, follow
ed by an executive session where
action will be taken on applications