The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-20
The Decision Rendered d
Against Eighth Com
panies.
INSURANCE OPINION
Handed Down BY State Com
missioncr--valued Policy
Act Rem ains in Force--
News Of the Capital.
sFrom a Staff correspondentJ

Columbus, May 1.-THE military
board of survey has ruled that the
captains of Companies B, of Akron;.
d, OF Wooster, and H, of Shreve, OF
the Eighth regiment, must make good
the losses sustained by these compan-
les while at Buffalo and Canton. The
captain of Company E, Ashland, will
not be held responsible for the losses
of his command. The board held an
to determine whether the
state or company commanders should
be compelled to make good the losses.
Military property Of almost every
known description was lost.
Hon. A. /. Vorys, state commissioner
of insurance, has formulated an opin-
ion in which he holds that the valued
policy act still remains in force. The
insurance companies operating in Ohio
made strenuous efforts to secure the
repeal of the act during the recent ses-
sion of the legislature. Mr.. Vorys in
his opinion says: THE repeal of sec
ton No 3643-a of the revised statutes
abolishes the law which forbids the
insertion of a clause in a policy re-
quiring the insured to carry any given
amount of insurance, or, failing so to
do, that he shall be held to be a CO.
insurer to that extent himself. This
repeal does not affect the provisions
of section No. 3643 (the valued policy
law,) which applies to insurance on
buildings and structures and requires,
in event of total loss, payment in full
Of the amount named in the policy;
or in case of partial loss, the full
amount of the partial loss. The be-
lief has been prevalent with some COM
panies that the repeal of the anti-co-
insurance section carried with the
valued policy act. Mr.. Vory's opin-
ion will correct this misapprehension.
The meeting held here of the repre-
sentatives of the three retail liquor
leagues of the state has resulted in
the formation of the Ohio Federation
of Retail Liquor Dealers. Owen Kane
of Cleveland, was elected president
He was the only officer selected from
eastern Ohio. Permanent headquar-
ters will be established in Columbus
Only retail dealers will be admitted to
membership in the branches of the
federation.
One of the objects of the organiza,
tion will be to secure reduction in the
price of beer, The primary purpose
is, however to take steps to prevent
the enactment of legislation inimical
to the liquor traffic. The executive
committee will meet soon and arrange
the time and place for the first annual
convention. Cleveland will probably
be selected.
The state board of agriculture me,
Thursday afternoon and reorganizet
under the new law abolishing the statt
live stock commission and extending
it's authority to the former body. II
was decided to retain the same organ,
ization under the new act The cleo
ton of officers was mere formality
President Charles Schwab, of the
steel trust, spent ten minutes in Col
umbus Thursday afternoon. He dis
tributed money like water. He CAV,
each OF the train crew SIS and gave {
similar sum to a messenger boy wht
delivered telegram to him. HI
bought supply of papers at the sta
tion news stand and told the agent t,
keep the change out of bill he ten
dered him. The steel king was on hi
way to Indianapolis.