Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-12
311TH'S COLORS
AT THE ECAPITOL
Flags of Regiment Which
Contained Dauphin Coun-
tianS Received Here

The colors of the 311th Field Ar
tillery, an organization of the 10th
Division and which was largely COM
posed of men from Central Pennsyl-
vania, including pauphin and ad-
joining counties, were received to-
day at the Adjutant Generals De-
partment for deposit in the State
Capitol. The colors of these organi-
zations are being rapidly assembled.
A conference will be held shortly
State officials as to the plan to pursue
in handling the flags.
Chairman w. ID. b. Ainey, of the
Public Service Commission, has re-
ceived notice of his election as a
member of the board of trustees of
Wilson College.
Hearings i'm the Panther Valley
and Mt. Holly Springs cases were
continued by the Public Service
Commission to-day.
A. W. Duy, prominent Columbia
countian, and Joseph Catteral, Re-
publican county chairman, were here
to-day visiting the State Highway
Department.
Ex-Judge w. f. Shay, of Potts
vile, was at the Capitol. Another
visitor was Senator 7. L. Eyre, of
Chester county.
In the neighborhood of 800 jitncy
operators who have been running
trucks and other vehicles to and
from Hog Island to care for ship
IL L. a.
pretense of taking out State certiti-
Gates have been cited to appear be-
fore Public Service Commission
ers James S. Benn and Samuel NJ.
Clement, Jr., in Philadelphia, as the
result of roundup made by the
commissions inspector. The work
was undertaken in conjunction with
the Federal authorities and is the
first move toward bringing .he jit-
ney situation which has produced
many accidents under control. The
commission has had the conditions
under survey for several Gays and
is prepared for drastic action. Steps
are also being taken to get the in
demnity clause of the new jitney
regulations into operation in Phila>,
delphia and the result of much work
will soon be apparent.
Register of Wills James B. Shce-
han, of Philadelphia, to-day raid
the State Treasury $2S0,000 as the
October receipts of direct, collateral
and transfer inheritance taxes.
n rcquiSition was honorcd to-day
for the return to Chicago for trial
for murder of William Yancy Mills,
under arrest in Philadelphia.
Orders have been issued from the
Department of State Police for forty
men of Troop b to return tomorrow
to Wyoming from districts of West
ern Pennsylvania where they have
been on strike duty. Similar de-
tachments from Troop C will return
to their headquarters at Pottsville.
Some of these details have been on
duty for weeks.
The Attorney Generals Depart
ment has given an opinion to the
State Board of Optometrical Educa-
ton, Examination and Licensure
that optometris from other states
for examination must take the stand
ard, examination required by the
Pennsylvania act uSless presentation
can be made of certificate from a
board in another state.
The Public Service Commission to-
day announced that Commissioners
Benn and Clement would sit in Phil
adelphia tomorrow to hear COM
plants from Bucks county and that
hearings would also be held in that
city on Friday. Commissioner Shell
by has been assigned to Warren and
Commissioner Killing to Erie Chair
man Ainey and Commissioner Reed
will sit in Pittsburgh.