Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22

New head OF the Ohio penItentlary
who has established so many so-calIed
humanitarian reforms. His latest Innova-
tlon Is the creation Of a prison orchestra
which furnishes music while the prison.
ers eat Hlo regime gives greater free
dom to the inmates and permits games
and all manner OF amusements among
them.
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of opponents. The commission finds
some consolation in that it has learned
more of human nature, but its men,
bers have tired and worried air. On
the whole the plan of seeing every
man face to face has not been tre-
| mendous success. There have been
too many applicants and their tales
and counter tales have had the effect
of creating confusion. 1t is doubtful
If the commission is determined as
yet on its selections in many of the
counties. An army Of boosters and
knockers large enough to invade Mexi-
co still camps on the commissions
trail. kilograms of endorsement have
started to come now, after other
sort of artifice has been resorted to.
| One candidate from Summit county
has presented each member of the
commission with nickel plated
hatchet, symbolic probably of the
Carrie Nation crusade against bad
saloons. And the hearings are far
from ended. Nearly every day of next
week will be taken up with the per-
| inf tLa
that will be taken up and even then
the counties may keep sending in
| their men. Then arises the possibil-
| ity of a further embarrassment to the
commission for it is feared that the
unsuccessful candidates will be more
than ever peeved for having been
called to Columbus. 1t takes money
to travel and hotel accommodations
here come rather high. Moreover
some of the candidates have put UP"
| for their boosters and many have
spent nice little penny in their cam
paign.
1 Medical Inspection for Schools.
Physicians from every county in the
state who will attend the convention
of the Ohio State Medical association
at Cedar Point during the first week
in September will launch a campaign
to institute medical inspection among
school children. They will urge each
community to take advantage of the
provision in the new Greenland bill
which empowers every board of edu-
cation to employ a school physician.
The state board of health estimates
that three-fourths Of the school chill
dren of Ohio are in some degree physi-
cally defective. This will be the argu-
ment used for the general adoption of
the medical inspection system.
Will Test New Law.
The new sales s-by-weight law will be
tested in the Franklin county courts.
BY arrangement, dealer charged
with violating it, will be found guilty
and he will refuse to pay the fine i'm
posed upon him and will be ordered
committed to the county Jail. A habeas
corpus proceeding will free him, and
this will raise the question of the con-
stitutionality of the act. The case
will be taken through the supreme
court as early as possible so that a
decision can be obtained without de-
lay. The state agricultural commits
sion will continue to enforce the law
regardless of the pendancy of the test
suit. 1--WE will proceed on the theory
that the law is sound" said Commits
sioner Strobe.
, Probing Workmen's Compensation.
. Three men of nationwide promin
ence are investigating Ohio's method
of administering the workmens com
pensation. They are John Mitchell
vice president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Cyrus w. Phillips
of Rochester, member of the New
York state liability commission, and
: J. Walter Lord of Baltimore, member
: of the Maryland liability commission
These men compose committee from
the National Civic Commission. They
have nothing but words of praise
about the Ohio plan. They regard Il
: as the best in the country.
: Artillery Goes Into Camp.
The First Battalion, Field Artillery
in command of Major Harold M. Busl
of Columbus, went into camp for |
period of nine days at Millersburg
Sunday The battalion is composed o
Batteries A, of Cleveland, B of Toled,
: and G of Columbus.
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