Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-21

| GudrQ the problems attending tH'
reorganization of the Guard. RapiC
of all armories.
Meanwhile General Price will make
some visits to various places in the
State and consult with the officers oi
| experience regarding the formation
of the new Guard. He will handle
! this work in cooperation with Brig
/ adler Generals Richard Coukter, Jr.
| George c. Richards and l.. c. Shan
non. 1t is believed that many mer
| who saw service in the Keystone Di'
! vision will enter the new guard, ano
| that the Seventy ninth. Eightieth ano
| other divisions which had Pennsyl-
vanians in their overseas service will
also contribute to the formation OF
the organized militia The new Guard
| will be in the neighborhood of 12.-
900 men with the units and auxiliary
services that the old guard had when
| it went to Camp Hancock.
| Many officers of the former Ma
! tional Guard are expected here on
| June 80 when the statute of the late
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart
| presented to the State by the offic-
ers and men through subscriptions
| taken at Camp Hancock, will be here
| for the unveiling on June 80. GEN
| eral Price is to be the orator of the
! occasion. Governor Sproul and State
officials will attend. The statue,
which is of bronze, is in the Capitol
rounda.
Few PnrdOns.- The few pardons
recommended by the State Board at
its session on Wednesday will be is
sued during the coming week and in
accordance with the rules the sittings
of the board will be suspended dur
ing the summer months. Only few
cases have been held under advise
ment.
To Relieve Five Steps to raise
the State quarantine for hog cholera
from five of the seventeen counties
where any shipments or sales of hogs
except for immediate slaughter are
now forbidden are being taken by
State Live Stock officials. Investi-
cations of conditions have been
made and marked improvement is
noted in some districts.
Big Cases Due.-The hearing of
the Public Service Commission on
the complaint of the Northwest
Business Mems Association against
the rates of fare in Philadelphia will
be held in Philadelphia by the Pub
lice Service Commission next Satur-
day. The commission has issued a
big schedule of cases for Pittsburgh
on Thursday and has fixed Wednes-
day for hearing at Wilkes-Barre of
complaints filed against the Wilkes
Barre Railway by the boroughs of
Plymouth. Laurel Run. Luzerne,
Sugar Notch. Edwardsville. Ashley,
Nanticoke. Miners Mills and Hughes
town; the city of Wilkes Barre;
Hanover township and Plains town
ship and Anthony Love Lynch. Other
hearings will be held in Harrisburg
Many Increases-Notices of in
crease of stock or debt by public
service companies have been filed at
the Capitol as follows: Coatesville
Trolley Co., Coatesville. preferred
stock, 100000; Springfield Consoli-
dated Water Co, Philadelphia, bonds,
s2,07l, 200. the proceeds to be used in
part as collateral for a loan from the
United States Housing Corporation
under an order of Public Service
Gas and Electric, Philadelphia, bonds
$27S,OOO; Pennsylvania Utilities Co.,
Easton. bonds, $4,000; Honey
Brook Water Co, Barre.
common stock, $4,000; Titusville
Light and Power Co., Titusville,
bonds. $4,000; Easton Gas Works,
bonds, $4,000.
CoIors Received.-The colors of
the One Hundred and Eighth Ma
chine Gun Battalion have been re-
ceived by Adjutant General Beary
for deposit in the Capitol.
No Change Madc.-The Public
Service Commission last night is
sued decision sustaining the Penn
sylvania railroad siXty-trip ticket in
Philadelphia.
Merger Filed.-The papers for the
merger of the Dillsburg and Frank
lintown Light, Heat and Power
Companies has been filed with the
Public Service Commission for ap-
proval.
To Study Potatoes.-State officials
will accompany a party of foreign
authorities on potato culture to the
Freeland district, where experiments
against the potato wart are being
conducted in conjunction with the
Federal authorities. These expert
ments have attracted wide attention
and men from Great Britain and
Holland will inspect the methods
and results. The Legislature made
an appropriation for this work.
Start Calcndar.-The Senate cal
endar for Monday night contains
only forty-five bills, an unusually
small number. Only six of these
| are Senate bills, so that the way
will be cleared for House measures.
The House calendar contains sixty
four bills, the rest being Senate
m easures, many of them in ad-
vanced stages. The bills to be acted
upon include Pymatuning swamp
and the wool alcohol bill.
Schaffer Given DeSrce-Attorney
General William I. Schaffer was yes
terday given the honorary degree OK
LID. from Lafayette College. In his
address Mr.. Schaffer said that the
time had come when trained men
must rise to the needs of the nation
Battle of Words-A new battle of
words is on in Philadelphia. The
Ware element is accusing Senator
Penrose of interfering with transit
development, while the Senator is
firing back answers saying harsh
things about his opponents and deny
ing their charges as efforts to make
campaign thunder.
LUTHERAN OFFICERS
Dover, Pa. June 21.-The Rev. A.