The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-31

abridges many of the conflicts w. III
in the past threw doubt upon the
powers and authority of the state.
Within the few the present COM
mission will be reorganized by the
terms of the new law. o. H. Hughes,
Democratic member, of Hillsboro, will
be retained. John Sullivan, of Butler
county, the other Democratic member,
will be dropped and his place filled by
w. L. Dechant of Middletown. o. F.
Gothlin, the Republican member, is
| likely to be retained because of his
splendid record, but it is said that the
governor has not fully determined
what he shall do in this regard.
Official Makes Appointments.
Three important appointments hava
Just been made by State Bank Superin-
tendent Emery Lattanner. He has ap-
pointed Senator Carl A. Friebolin of
Cuyahoga county to be permanent
! liquidating agent of the defunct Am
herst Bank at Lorain. He has pro-
NOTED A. J. Kirskadden of George
| town, Brown county, from the position
! of chief clerk of the state banking de-
! partment to assistant bank examiner.
Mirl A. Collier, assistant statistician
in the Office of secretary of state, has
been selected to succeed Kirskadden
as chief clerk. He will also have
charge of the blue sky stock-selling
supervision which will be part of the
work of the department hereafter.
Collier was working on a farm near
Ney, Defiance county, when he was
given a position in the secretary of
states office. He started first as mes
senger, but got on so well that he was
soon promoted.
Makes First Appointment
State Fire Marshal Deffenbaugh has
made his first appointment, selecting
Harry A. House of Millersport, Perry
county, to be his chief assistant, sue.
ceeding o. l.. Hartupee of Columbus,
who has held the position for the past
five years under the administration of
John w. Zuber, who recently retired
from the Office Deffenbaugh will make
other changes in the force soon.
Alleges Fake Signatures.
Prosecuting Attorney Locher Of
Cuyahoga county has informed Gov.
Cox that not more than 500 Of the 100
names on the Green workmen's COM
pensation law petitions filed with the
secretary of state from that county
are genuine. He says that he doubts
II there are 5000 bona tide names in
the entire $4,000 on the petitions for
the whole state. Attorney General
Hogan says that he thinks this esti-
mate is reasonably correct. AS soon
as the actual proof of enough fake
signatures has been obtained, Hogan
will advise Secretary of State Graves
to throw out all the petitions. 1t is
absolutely sure that the petitions will
be cast aside.
Wants Law Changed.
Gov. Cox will recommend that the
legislature at the special session next
winter make 1t crime to solicit sig
natures for pay; that the law be
changed so that petitions will be filed
in the counties in which they are OBJ
tanned instead of at the secretary of
states Office, which will make 1t more
difficult for fraud to creep in, and that
other steps be taken to surround the
initiative and referendum with safe
guards from frauds.
Cox After information.
Gov. Cox intends to accompany the
special mining commission which is
to evolve a plan for equitable payment
of wages of miners to the various
mines it will visit This is to develop
whether or not the miners anti-screen
bill should be made into law.
Refuses to Remove Mayor.
So-caled reform forces in the city
of Washington c. H. are said to be
divided over the governors decision
not to remove Mayor Harve w. Smith,
who was charged by the Law and
Order League of the city of Washing.
ton with improper conduct. The
charges against Mayor Smith were
based on the allegation that he was
discovered some weeks ago in Co
lumbus resort. The governor discov-
cred that the whole case was the re-
suit of an attempted entrapment and
that one of the persons with whom
the mayor was declared to have been
found was female detective. There
upon the governor sent hot" letter
to the Washington Law and Order
league. Il know of no official act of
delinquency that is comparable in tho
moral scale to the depravity which |
marked the entrapment of the public
officer in question: says the governor
The executive department of this COM
monwealth, would, it seems to me. de-
part from the spirit and dignity of our
institutions by giving any recognition
whatever to procedure as indefensi. |
BILE as this" Some of the members of
the Washington league that started the |
moral probe are said to be wrathy |
over the governors decision while
others seem to believe that his stand |
is justiflable owing to the various de.
velopments In the case.
Boosts Tax Values Of Roads.
A few years ago Ohio's railroade
were on the tax duplicate TO:
only % per cent of their true
value, if the brand new rail.
road tax valuations just made public, !!
by the Ohio tax commission, are to be
taken as criterion. The new val
uations show that the steam roads in |
Ohio are worth 1865, ,o74,S1O in the tax
commissions opinion. This is an in.
crease of $33,OO0,O00 over the val.
uations of last year.
Expert Craftsman Is Dropped.
Amos Fl. Sawyer, for the past 20 |