The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-06-10
Normal Conditions Again Reign.

state are beginning to prevail again
with the going of the general as
sembly. Readjustments are the word
all along the line. Questions that
have been hanging fire are settled
and the old humdrum of things is
beginning to reign. Numerous ap-
pointments that have been neld up
pending the decision of the assembly
on phases of state activities are ready
to be announced. Many new activi-
ties are ready to start anew. 1t is al
ways so after assembly sessions. In
cidentally the outgoing assembly has
broken all recent long distance rec
ords for sitting, with one exception.
That exception was the assembly that
sat during the first administration of
Judson Harmon and that clashed with
the executive over the carrying
through of certain administration
measures. 1t sat until the early part
of June. The present assembly will
gency shall cause the governor to call
1t into special session. Such an emer.
gency cannot be foreseen now. Much
interest centers now in whether any
of the measures enacted by the assem-
bly, will be submitted to a referendum
The gossip is that the Democratic
party may demand, through referen-
dunn petitions, that three of the major
measures be voted upon by the people
next fall. They are the liquor license
"decentralizer," the tax revision bill
and the measure changing the civil
service regulations. Their submission
to popular vote would mean their sus-
pension until the election next fall, and
their machinery would thus have to lie
idle until that time. Popular disappro.
val would annul them completely. The
referendum question is to be decided
at a meeting of the Democratic state
central and executive committees, to
be called probably within the next few
days. The closing hours of the house
and senate were harmonious despite
earlier threats of minority rebellion
and general turmoil Rancor and i'll
feeling that for a time promised to de.
lay the end indefinitely disappeared
under general armistices between the
house and senate and the Republicans
and Democrats. 1t became a question
of give and take as the final hours
rolled by. Compromises succeeded
deadlocks. At least the assembly sim
ply drifted out of existence during
speeches of felicitation and numerous
words OF concord.
Railroads Proud of Record.
Ohio railroad officials have held up
to delegates to the state safety" meet
ing here the record of steam lines for
the year 1914 which stands pre-emi-
nent as the year of fewest fatal rail
way accidents in this nation. Last
year there was one passenger killed
for every 494,77S, ,436 persons carried
one mile; in 1913 there was one fatal
ity to every 244,3O6,362 carried the
same distance, and in 1912 one to
every 293, ,953,272. Less than per
cent Of the accidents in 1914 can be
reached by safety appliances, accord
ing to Uncle Sans investigators, the
remaining 81 per cent resulting from
individual fault, mischance or reckless
ness, which can be corrected only by
rigid observance of rules. During
1914 more than 35,0O0O00 passengers
were carried the standard distance of
one mile with only II train accident
/ 20 khN b1v
per cent in one year and As per cent
as compared to 1912. A decrease from
336 in 1913. to 223 in 1914 in the mum.
ber of passengers killed; a reduction
from 1886 to 1882 in the number Of
employees, and, including tresspassers
and non-tresspassers, total reduction
for the year of 662 killed by the rail-
ways. OF the 443 roads reporting to
the national bureau, 315 of them, oper-
ating a mileage almost equal to that of
all railroads in Germany, France, Aus
tria-Hungary and the United Kingdom,
show clean records for the entire year
in fatal accidents. OF these 104 have
operated for five consecutive years
without single fatality to passengers,
and 1913 roads, with mileage nearly
equal to that of Germany, have oper-
ated four years consecutively without
such an accident.
Nine Murderers Ask Pardon.
Nine murderers Wednesday asked
the state pardon board for clemency.
One of these is Sam Scheff, under SEN
tence of death for killing Patrolman
Ballard of the Columbus police force.
Scheff is 81, was a burglar and says
that evil associations caused his down
fall. The two new members of the
pardon board, Percy Taylor of Sidney
and Charles Gebhardt of Circleville,
sat with the board for their first meet
ing. They succeed Phillip Rotetinger
Of Cincinnati and George Ewing of
Lancaster. Ewing broke all records
for longevity of service on the board
He was a member more than Is years.
Large Class to Be Graduated.
More than 800 students will be grad.
uated from Ohio State university, Co.
lumbus. this month, the largest class
in its history. The commencement ex-
ercises will be held from June 13 to 16,
and the program will begin on the
first day, when the baccalaureate ser.
mon will be preached by DR.. W. g
Thompson, the president. In the fall
the university will teach agriculture
by correspondence to those who can.
not attend as students. The extension
department will have charge of this
innovation.
Forms Company Quickly.
Within four hours after being noti-
fed by the adjutant generals depart.
ment that it was the wish of the war
department that each Ohio National
Guard regiment should organize a ma.
chine gun company, Col ]. Cliffs
Deming of Ada, commanding officer OF
4ha Cacond roOiVnaut hod eYoh O ooV,o.