The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-20
FROM
OHIO


John Ellsworth Griffith. former mem
Der OF the general assembly and who
70 the United States senate ia January.
1883. died this morning In socorro. y
~, according TO messase received BY
friends in Prospect. q. where ne was
born IS years ago.
Mr.. Gririih vas a DELEGATE to the
s nSu ZION TnnSn S0rny pSr ,S. ,se
lection of Mr. Hanna over Robert r.
1ckisson. OF Cleveland. he was kidnapped
hut returned In time TO cast the seventy
third and deciding ballot for MIR. Hanna
For his services in the contest. sir
0rinith was appointed clerk of the
United States district court at socorro
and served until few days after J. ~.
Foraker became a senator. lie practiced
Law in that city until HIS death.
A widow. one son and one daughter
survive Mr.. Griffith. The funeral will
be heidt omorrow afternoon in Socorro.
where his body will be buried.
The home rule charter OF the city of
Middletown will have TO come before the
possibility. as the attorney general aues-
lions the right OF the city TO give the
judge OF the municipal court the right
The Legislature at its latest session en-
acted law forbidding any Judge Of any
court of record TO practice law.
All state employs under the control
OF the governor VII hereafter have 10
work eight hours a day. Those who
have been coming down TO work nj
at =. 1t is said the rule will affect about
$500 employees. all told. Ii IL likely
order all their appointees to put in eight
hours q day.
The property OF 81 private water com.
panies In ths state of ohio has been
valued at s+.2ss.iso by the state board
81 tax commissioners, an increase of
$4,000 over last years valuation. The
greatest increase was made In the valu-
alton OF the Mahonins Valley Water
i::om,gg.,ny; 4, being raised from 100000
Because the woman refused to live
with him. Emmett siatcher. aged 30.
wife last night. at Hoiiis,er. With a
Eun. slstcher fed to the Perry county
hills. With posse In pursuit.
In AN opinion rendered today. the at.
ttorney general holds that recently
formed corporations have right 20 ASK
for saloon licenses. although the indi-
vtdual applicant must have been citi-
zen OF the state for one year az the Law
provides. only the general manager of
IA saloon corporation mead he q citizen
of the state. but IL 10 held that III good
character requirements apply TO all mem
,charterIess saioonksepers VIII not be
permitted to Join interests and select a
man Of good character 20 operate a ss.
loon Tor them saloon license may be
granted TO a saloonkeepers who rents
part OF building owned by brewer.
bus. Magnetic Springs & Northern Rail-
way company has been reelected as fol.
Vows: William l.. Galbresth and Chris~
topher Magee. or Pittsburgh. Wiwlliam
King. Magnetic springs. Benton GshilI
and ]. l.. Horn. OF Redwood. Galbreath
was reelected president. Mage vice.
president and treasurer. and q. !. Fifsr
lof Redwood. secretary and manager.
The Rev. Robert de Seiiern. aGed IS
a retired Methodist minister. died today.
He was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan
university in 1873. resuming his studies
after he had returned from the Civtl
war. He Is survived by his widow and
six children, all quite prominent here.
The body OF Mrs. Louise Dressed. aged
so. who died In Washington a few DAYS
ago. was buried in Greenlavn cemetery
near Columbus. today. She was the
widow OF otto Dressed. an attorney who
died rs years ago.
Co-eds who want 20 wear the N-rav
and the slit skirt can md a haven At
Ohio state university. Several Ohio uni.
NersitieS have put tie ban on these new
forms Of wom"n'- wear hut Dean caro-