The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-09-23
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Donahey Holds Up Salaries.

Donahey Holds Up Salaries.
Wednesday was pay day for the
state officials and employees, but
no money was drawn by the new
appointees who dis
placed Democratic officeholders since
the first of the month. Auditor
Of State Donahey held up their sal
aries and declared that he would not
pay them unless assured by Attorney
General Turner that the state would |
not be put in position where 1t would |
have to pay two salaries for one job.
in ruling which he said was
an accommodation one and not official, |
told DOnahey to pay the salaries of the |
new appointees, but warned him that |
this should not be regarded as a final |
opinion. Donahey said that he would |
ask Turner for another ruling and
would insist that he inform him abso-
lutely whether or not the state would
be called upon to pay double in the
event that the courts ordered ousted
employees reinstated. 1t is not eX-
Dected that Turner will give any such
ruling, and so from all indications the
new employees will draw no pay until
after the courts pass upon the question
of whether they were legally appoint
ed, and if the decree Of the court is
that they we're not legally appointed
they will get nothing at all for their
services.
Angling for Nominations.
Lieut.. Gov. John H. Arnold an
nounced to his friends that he is about
to begin his campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor next
year. 81 intend to wait no longer for
many of my friends already have
started the ball rolling" said the lieu
tenant governor 81 have positive in.
formation that Gov. Willis will an
nounce his candidacy for the presiden-
tial nomination when he returns from
San Francisco, and l do not intend to
let somebody else get the inside track.
l am the logical candidate for gov
ernor and / have numerous promises
of support. The boys down in Hamilton
county are unit for me and l have
nothing to fear in any other part of
the state" Besides Arnold there are
other candidates angling for the Re-
publican gubernatorial nomination.
They are said to include Secretary of
State Charles @. Hildebrant and Ralph
D. Cole, former congressman. Gov.
Willis has not issued formal an.
nouncement Of his position. He starts
for the San Francisco exposition next
week and en- route will get into the ma
tional limelight through several
speeches.
Plan Settlement With Government.
Negotiations are under way by
which the Henry Pirrung estate of
Columbus will pay the government
100000 in settlement for the alleged
fraud committed by the Capital City
Dairy Co. in the manufacture of oleo
on which the government was cheat
ed out of its tax. Pirrung founded
the company. Henry Kelly, a men,
Der of the company, recently settled
with the government for its claim
against him by paying it 100000.
Kelly and several other members of
the company were tried on criminal
charges growing out of the fraud ex.
poses and found guilty. Their ap
peals to the higher courts are pend
ing.
Will Resist Removal.
Upon learning that the state indus
trial commission, with the approval Of
Gov. Willis, had appointed ]. c. Gallery
of Hamilton, Republican, to succeed
him as chief examiner of steam engi-
neers, Otto M. Elzemann of Cincinnati,
Democrat, announced that he would
resist removal. He said that he was
appointed for term of three years,
which does not expire until 1917. He
said that he would report for duty
every morning. There were three
other applicants for Elzemann's job
Orris M. Patterson of Canton, Thomas
B. Eaton of Cleveland and George A.
Ditty of Portsmouth. Ditty is the chief
assistant in the department. The sal
ary of the head of the department is
$4,000 The industrial commission has
reappointed % of it's old employees.
Must Know Name of Ward.
Signers of initiative and referendum
petitions must know the name of their
wards and precincts, when they are
city residents, in the opinion of Attor'
ney General Edward C. Turner. In a
ruling to the Franklin county board of
elections the attorney general advises
that whenever it is found that petit
ton signer had to have the name OF
his ward and precinct written in by
somebody else, such a signer is in
sufficient" and must be so held in the
boards certif1cation to the court. At
the same time the attorney general
does not believe that in registration
cities the voter need be registered in
order to be able to sign initiative and
referendum petitions.
Gambling Barred at County Fairs.
Gambling must not be carried on at
county fairs, so the state board of ag'
riculture will advise these fairs in a
circular letter which will be sent out
during the next few days. Fairs which
disregard this warning will not be
given state aid. The law under which
the state gives financial assistance to
county fairs specifies that such forms
Of gambling as pool selling, games OF
chance and slot machine operation