The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-04-29
In Accordancs With the
New Law.
CHAN GES ORDERED
In the Ohio National Guard
New Stationary Engineers
Law Becomes Opera
tive This Week.
,From a Staff Correspondent

Columbus, April 2S.--The Harding
National Guard bill which became a
law last week abolishes a number Of
offices in the guard. Among those who
lose their position are First Lieuten-
ant John P. Coldwell, signal officer,
of Akron, and Captain Alfred B. Peck
iDpaugh, inspector of rife practice,
both of the Eighth regiment. Il. Ros-
coe Porch, first lieutenant-elect Of
Company M, Eighth regiment, Of
Mansfield, has passed the examination
before the state military board and
has been granted commission.
The new stationary engineers law
will become operative on Thursday Of
this week. The act has been divested
OF it, ulsound features and no further
troubia is anticipated by the depart
ment. There are eight districts under
the new law-two more than existed
under the former act. The old dis
tricts were too large and for this rea-
son the state was redistricted. Some
changes were made in the + fth dis
trict, which takes in all the extreme
eastern counties CT the state. Tusca-
rawas, Coshocton, Richland, Knox,
Holmes and Ashland which were in
cluded in this district under the old
law have been placed in new districts.
counties of Mahoning, Stark, Summit,
Coiumbiana, Jefferson, Harrison, Car
roll, Trumbull, Portage. Geauga, Lake,
Medina and Asbtabula. Deputy Ex-
will continue in charge of the district
and headquarters will remain at Can
ton. The appointments for the sta
tionary engineers departent will be
announced early this week. Governor
Nash will reappoint Chief Examiner
George NJ. Collier, of Cleveland, and
he in turn will reappoint his force and
also appoint two examiners. The new
license certificates which the depart
ment will issue are very elaborate and
are patterned after those used in Chi
cago and Boston. The Ohio Society of
Mechanical, Electrical and Steam En-
gineers, whose membership was orig
inally restricted to the Fifth station
ary engineers district, now embraces
the entire state. Deputy Examiner
Miller, of Canton, is president, and
Canton Is headquarters, the annual
meetings being held in that city. The
society meets once every three months,
and the next session will be held at
Mansfield May 10. The stationary en-
gineers, of Youngstown, Akron and
Canton are active members of the or
ganization. Deputy Miller will ad-
dress the engineers of Ravenna on
Thursday, where movement has been
started to organize a branch lodge Of
the stationary engineers.
Another Akron man is to lose his
job at the state capital. Joe Kolb, of
Akron, penitentiary guard was
thrown down for reappointment to
make way for another Akron resident.
Now 1t is announced that Charles
Linn, fireman at the state house, Is to
he let go. He was appointed from
Akron some four or five years ago,
under the Bushnell administration, but
he no longer has legal residence
there and objections have been filed
from Summit county against his re-
tention on this ground. The chief OBJ e
lection is to his appointment is credit
ed up TO Summit county. Fis family
has removed from Akron to Cleveland,
where he has voted on one or two oc-
casions. Linn is a civil war veteran.
He is hold-over and having had it
tipped off to him that his services were
to be dispensed with, he has rendered
his resignation to the adjutant gen.
eral, to take effect May /. His posi-
ton pays $75 month during the win
ter season, but is less during the sum
mer season.
The program for the state G. A. r..
encampment to be held at Lancaster,
May 5-8, has been issued. Judge ]. B.
Johnston, of Youngstown, will make
an address on the second day Of the
meeting.
II is said that DIR. L. +. Cain, of
Morgan-Noble, and w. e. Guerin, OF
Erie. will be candidates for speaker of
the house two years hence.
At THE Lake.
Bum mer Pavilion Projected. +.
Ground will be broken at once for a