Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
HEARCERTA|NONES !
OWE STATE MONEY.
Hogan and Donahey Trying
to Collect Cash.
0Eu|NQUENCIES ARE REPORTED
Health Authorities Are Mildly
Alarmed Over the Discovery in
Ohio of Genuine Case
Of PeIlegra.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

Columbus, Ohio.
NENSATIoNS are likely to be
caused in various parts of Ohio
Al by the new tactics which Attor-
ney General Hogan and State
Auditor Donahey are pursuing in their
efforts to collect money that has been
illegally drawn from public treas
uries during the last ten years.
The state officials having heard
that there is due virtually hun
dreds of thousands of dollars from
present and past officials who
have drawn funds Illegally from
the public treasury or spent funds IL
legally, have started out to make
township and school officials in all
parts of Ohio have been reported de-
linquent during the ten years that the
state bureau Of accounting has been
in existence. Some have paid up.
Others have been sued and compelled
to pay. The rest have neither paid
nor been sued. 1t is this latter class
which the state officials are after now.
They have sent a letter to every
manding that he report before Sep
tember Is on the status of all such
claims. He is asked to give the names
of every. public official in his county
who Is still delinquent and the amount
of the delinquency. And his attention
Is called to the state law which says
that when a prosecutor Is asked by the
attorney general for information that
may aid the latter in the performance
Of his duties, the Information must be
forthcoming. This law is cited by rea-
son of the belief that many county
prosecutors have purposely failed to
try to collect claims reported against
officials by the state bureau of ac-
counting. Many cases, in fact, have
been cited in pas. years wherein the
official accused OF shortage was an in
innate personal or political friend of
the prosecutor and by virtue of that
fact was never proceeded against. The
aggregate of the uncollected claims
can only be estimated in the toughest
sort of way, but it is conceded to be
worth the time and trouble that is pro-
posed to be employed.
Contracts Let for Armories.
Contracts were let Saturday after
noon by the state armory board for
the erection Of fine armories at War.
rem and Ottowa. They will each cost
little more than $4,000. The maxi
mum amount that may be expended
for an armory for one company is $780,
900. Company D, Fifth regiment, will
use the Warren armory, and Company
M, Second regiment, will use the
Ottowa armory. Work will be started
on the amories at once. Fewer arm
ories will be erected this year than
in any year since the state armory
board was established. The armory
fund appropriation was materially re-
duced by the legislature this year.
Authorities Mildly Alarmed.
The state health authorities are
mildly alarmed over the discovery in
species of disease akin to forms OF
Asiatic cholera. The discovery has
been made in Mark township, Defiance
county, and the victim is Myron Burd
former prisoner in the Ohio peni
tentiary. The disease in highly com
municable and has been traced direct
ly to European countries. 1t is Otter
carried by sailors and now and ther
is found in coast towns Health Of
ficials, however, can't imagine how II
got into Ohio. Pellegra causes it's vic
Tins to decline quickly in health
Vitality is dissipated with alarming
rapidity and often insanity soon fol
lows. The state health department il
making close study Of the Ohio case
and has taken drastic precautionary
measures. Roasting ears are thought
to be one of the agencies through
which the disease Is communicated.
Realizing Big Task.
The state liquor license commits
sion already is wearying of itself
imposed task of interviewing ever!
applicant for a county license
board place. 1t didn't realize wheI
it began the enormity of wha
1t was undertaking. It's realiza
tion today is keen and painful. AL
though the new plan has been in op
GRAFTON only a few days, the thre,
commissioners have already shaker
hands with hundreds of men, heart
hundreds of tedious stories, giveI
kindly attention to numberless talel
of uninteresting county political gos
sip, listened to the recitals of sci
glorlflcation and even pretended to b.
interested in the continuous beratin,
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