The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-08
q. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus. Ohio.

V. Murphy of Youngstown has
brought suit nj supreme court to
mandamus Secretary of State c. H.
Graves, as chief election officer, to
certify his name as a candidate for
judge of the supreme court. Some
half dozen persons wrote in his name
on the Progressive ticket for this
office, and Murphy claims that this
nominated him. 1t seems that COM
plG int has been made that Murphy is
not a member of the Bull Moose party
but is a Republican, and that for this
reason the secretary has not seen fit
to certify him as a candidate of the
Progressive party. Mr.. Graves will
give out statement with reference to
this soon. T. c. Ayers of st. Clairs-
vile also received a few Bull Moose
votes for supreme judge, and along
with Murphy has been generally
looked upon as one of the nominees Of
that party for the places on the su-
preme bench which Wa be filed at the
coming election. E. E. Erskine of
Steubenville. whose name was written
on the Bull Moose ticket for chief JUS
tice, has written Secretary of State
Graves stating that while he appreci-
ates the compliment bestowed upon
him by those who voted for him, that
he could not accept a nomination OBJ
tanned in such way, and he has re-
uT,nCtnd hof hic ha pnrfiEnH
for the office
State Aids Victims of Strike.
The state is assuming an increasing
ly paternalistic attitude regarding the
victims of the coal strike situation in
eastern Ohio. This is the result of the
stories of suffering on the part of the
wives and children of the strikers,
many of whom are now destitute.
Auditor of State Donahey has just de-
clared that local school authorities
may issue bonds to provide money for
the purchase of clothing for the
strikers children provided that such
school authorities have not already ex-
ceeded their bond issuing limitations.
The state superintendent of public in
6truction has sent a representative to
the scene of the strike to determine
what, If any, other steps can be taken
for the relief of the destitute families
1t is thought that unless relief is pro-
vided hundreds of the children in that
section of the state will be unable to
go to school. Many homes are re-
ported to be without food. The strike
there has now lasted nearly seven
months.
Change Being Advocated.
II is probable that an effort will be
made to detach the state bureau of
vital statistics from the secretary Of
states Office and make it a part of
the state board of health. Those who
are advocating this change declare
that in practically every other state
the bureau is under the jurisdiction of
the board of health and that better re-
suits are thereby obtained. DR.. c. V.
Chaplin, commissioner of health of
Providence, r. l., who is making a sur
vey of health departments of the
United States for the American Med
ical association, who was in Columbus
Friday, said that the efficiency of the
vital statistics department would be
increased by attaching it to the board
of health.
Callers Three Nights a Week.
Too much society" at Ohio State
university is given as the reason for
the latest proposal which has been
made by Miss Caroline Breyfogle, uni
versity dean of women, to the effect
that the varsity girls receive callers"
only three nights in the week Miss
Breyfogle has found that many of the
male students ignore the fact that the
girls need study nights to keep in
touch with their college work So she
has proposed to the girls of Oxley
hall, the big girls dormitory, that they
make new rules to govern matters So
cial and that one Of these rules bar
social calls excepting on Friday, Sat,
urday and Sunday evenings. The
"co-eds' have taken kindly to the sug-
gestion, for. as a general rule, they
take their college work more seriously
than the college young men.
Public Utilities Interested.
Public utilities throughout the state
are interested in the suit brought by
Joseph Fl. MCGhee, as special counsel
of the public utilities commission of
Ohio. to determine the question of
whether the commission has power to
determine the kind of service that
utility shall render. The question is
raised in the suit to collect 1000 pen
atty day from the Hooking Valley
railroad for failure to comply with the
commissions order to restore cleo
trical service on the Jackson and
Wellston belt line. The company con-
tends the commission is without au-
thority to specify the kind of service
to be given.
Tons of Political Literature.
Tons of political literature are being
hauled out of Columbus these days in
such way as to remind one of the
transportation of war munitions now
going on in Europe. The exodus of
literature on every train is the result
of the appearance on the horizon of
the Republican and Democratic cam
paign books-"white books" they are
called in imitation of military practice.
The Democratic book contains 125
pages and probably 100000 of them
will be printed. The Republican books
contain 40 pages each and also will
appear in thousands
Appeal 20 Charitable Persons.
Unless charitable persons will come
to their rescue 10000 Ohio children