Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-09-26

Newly Appointed Chief Justice of the
Ohio Supreme Court.
mission will proceed slowly. 1t may
be months before any rules are made
for Ohio employees. l.. L. Faris of
Lynchburg has been made the COM
missions secretary at a salary of
$4,000 a year.
New Board of State Charities.
The new board of state charities ap-
pointed by Gov. Gov Friday is a COM
bination of the old charities board and
the board of women visitors for state
institutions. Instead of having two
bodies working more or less independ-
emily of each other it was deemed
best to consolidate them into one. and
this was provided for by the Green
lund act. Two of the new members
have been in the service of the state
without pay for many years. They are
DR.. w. A. Hale, a Dayton minister,
who served on the board during the
Bushnell and Nash administrations,
and Editor H. H. McFadden of the
Steubenville Gazette, who was first
appointed on the board 15 years ago.
Horsethief Has Least Honor.
Ohio penitentiary records show that
of all prisoners probably the horse
thief has the least honor. Since last
| May 3S honor prisoners, men who
were trusted in positions that would
take them outside of the prison and
away from all custody, have walked
away. OF this number five were horse
| thieves. In fact, nearly every horse
thief that has been placed on the
/ honor rolls has betrayed the faith that
was placed in him, according to pen
officials. But Warden Thomas does
not hold the honor system failure
because of the many escapes. He be-
lieves in it's still. He will continue to
trust certain prisoners with liberty.
Say Many Fires Preventable.
Half of the fires that occur in Ohio
are wholly preventable, according to
estimates made by insurance men
and other experts, and this fact is
sought to be impressed on the minds
of the Ohio people Oct. 8. That date
has been set aside by Gov. Cox as
fire prevention day, and he has issued
proclamation calling the attention OF
the people of the state to the enor-
nous fire losses in Ohio and through
out the country every year. Lectures
and other methods of education teach
ing fire prevention are suggested fol
fire prevention exercises.
Women Can Hunt in Ohio.
Women can hunt in Ohio under the
hunters license system just as vel
|, as men. But the woman who wants tc
accompany her husband or her brother
on a hunting tour must have a license
just the same as he. In Franklin ant
many other counties women are TAX
ing advantage of this, and festive
squirrels are hereby warned to take
, no chances when innocent lookin,
feminine types of humanity appea
among them.
nIans for New Pen Site.
) At their first meeting, held in CO
r lumbus Thursday afternoon, the nev
3 penitentiary commission mapped ou
= plans to begin inspecting sites offere'
{ for the new penitentiary. A numbe
+ of owners of tracts in central Obi
t have made propositions to the commits
y sion, three of them being in frankie
I county. The commission expects t
S pay 100000 for site, which mus
S comprise not less than 1900 acres no
d more than $500 acres. 1t is probabl
b that 1000 acres will be purchased
Q The legislature placed $250,000 at tn
e disposal of the commission for tn
e requirement of a site. The meetin
e was called by DR.. j. A. Leonard {
s Mansfield, the president, and befor
y the members got together they col
3 ferred with Gov. Cox to see if he ha
e any suggestions to make. He tol
them to proceed and act as the
deemed best. The other members al
DR.. A. F. Shepherd of Columbus, Sc
e ator w. A. Greenlund and DR.. H.
s. Cooley of of Cleveland. Represent
'r tive Samuel ]. Black of Upper Sa
i dusky, author OF the measure creatiI
IL the commission, by appointment of IL
governor, was made secretary.