Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-05
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STATUTE IS SOUGHT
Outcome of Suit Will Be of
Interest to Bankers.
WAR VETERANS, take NOTICE!
False Teeth, Canes, Clutches and a
Wooden Leg Are Found on Place
Where Ohio Old Soldiers
camped at Gettysburg.
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.

D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.
- VERY building and loan associa-
Il tion in the state will be inter-
ested in the outcome of suit
filed in Franklin county common
pleas court Tuesday by the American
Savings Co. of Crooksville involving a
construction of the state building and
loan regulation law. State Building
and Loan Inspector ]. A. Devine claims
that the company has been doing
banking business by issuing negotiable
orders for withdrawal of funds and
has threatened to have the company
proceeded against by the attorney gen.
eral unless the practice is discon-
tinued. The company contends that
the orders it issues are not negotiable
and brings the suit to restrain the in
spector from complaining against its
acts to the attorney general. The suit
is friendly one. Non-negotiable or
ders may be issued, and the question
to be settled is what constitutes such
iorders.
! OF Interest to Veterans.
" Such articles as false teeth, canes,
crutches, pair of women's corsets
and mans wooden leg were found on
the place where the Ohio veterans
camped at Gettysburg during the ia
nous reunion last July, after the dis
mantling Of the camp, and Col. Lewis
E. Better, secretary of the Pennsylva-
mia Gettysburg commission, has writ
ten to Adjt. Gen. George H. Wood to
find the owners. eff any of your vet
Grams are shy any of these useful
commodities let me know and we will
try to fit him out" said Col Beitler.
The lost and found department of the
commission gathered up a ton Of riff
raft from the battlefield after the
$4,000 or more vets had left.
Driest of Wet Counties.
Perry county is reported to have
been one of the driest of the wet coun-
ties Sunday. For, the first time in its
history the saloons were closed on
that day there. In the mining towns,
where saloons have always been in
full blast on Sunday, the word was re-
ceived that the foreigners were drink
ing ice water there. The only place in
the state where there were any serious
violations of the new license law was
at Cincinnati, where a number of ar
rests were made for Sunday selling.
The offenders were saloonists who
were not licensed, and the explanation
given was that they had kept open in
order to dispose of their stock.
Eats Soap and Fools Officials.
Joseph H. Cromwell, who was re-
leased from the penitentiary by former
Gov. Harmon in 1911 upon representa-
tion that he was. dying from consump-
ton, is back in the big prison again.
By eating soap he fooled the officials
into thinking he had the disease and
was in imminent danger of death.
Soon after he obtained his liberty he
conducted religious campaign at
Troy, and later called at the office of
the prosecuting attorney and said
that he intended to become an evan
gelist. When he left the prosecutors
office typewriter was missed. 1t was
found in Denver, where Cromwell had
sold it. Cromwell was brought back
to Troy, and he resorted to the soap
eating dodge again. He was given Is
months suspended sentence for theft.
He violated his probation by being ar
rested for larceny. For this reason
he was sent to the penitentiary to
serve out his sentence.
Must File Annual Statements.
Law library associations which get
funds from fines in police court cases
and fees from higher courts and have
been paying no attention to the law re-
, quiring annual statements of receipts
and disbursements to be made will be
compelled to comply with the require
ments of the statutes hereafter. Un-
DER q new law their accounts will be
examined by the state accounting bu-
reau, and if looseness is found it will
be shown up. A year ago shortage
Of $14,000 was discovered in the ac-
counts of the Franklin county associa-
ton. There had never been any ex-
animation of its books. Investigation
of these associations will start soon.
Make More Appointments Soon.
Gov. Cox is almost ready to an
nounce the final batch of deputy state
tax commissioner appointments. These
are to be made for 19 counties. The
appointments have been agreed upon
for all but three or four counties.
There are bitter factional fights on
over the Democratic appointments for
Mahoning and Marion counties, and no