The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-02
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
special Columbus Correspondent.

1915. with the announcement Dy
State School Supt. Frank w. Miller
that his department had completed
plans for such a contest, which is to
be held Friday, June 2, Secretary r.
w. Dunlap of the state board of agri-
culture said that this would make no
difference in the plans Of the board to
hold a statewide spelling contest sim
liar to the one held by the state "ag"
department last year. AS soon as the
corn boys Washington trip is over
the "ag" board will begin arranging
for its spelling contest.
School Is an Uncertainty.
Whether or not the proposed east
ern Ohio state normal school will be
established is an uncertainty. Some
OF the members of the commission ap-
pointed to choose the site are known
to be hostile to the idea of giving an
other such institution to the state, TAX
ing the position that it is not needed.
If the commission recommends the
erection of the school it will be To-
Gated at either New Philadelphia,
Tuscarawas county, or Cadiz, Harrison
county, so 1t is believed at the state
capital. The commission has been act
ing very mysteriously. 1t has been
slipping into Columbus to hold meet
ings on the quiet and getting away
again before anyone not on the inside
would be any the wiser. In this way
the commission has managed to keep
away from representatives of the
towns which have been fighting to
land the school. Within a short time
the commission will file its report
with the governor.
Labor Is Exercised.
Labor is much exercised by the rul-
ing of Common Pleas Judge Thomas
M. Bigger of Franklin county that the
state industrial commission cannot act
in a case where damages or compen-
sation award is applied for by an in
jured workman employed by firm,
man or corporation which has not
taken advantage of the workman's
compensation act The court holds
that it is for the courts to say whether
or not compensation shall be allowed
the injured employe. Under this hold
ing it becomes necessary for the en-
ploye to prove that the injury did not
result from his own negligence. The
law says he does not have to prove
this, but Judge Bigger holds this part
of the act invalid. If the higher courts
affirm this view, labor will work for
curative legislation.
Divorce Politics From Judiciary.
Complete enforcement of politics
from the judiciary is the aim of the
members of the bar Of the Second dis
trict, which takes in Franklin, Mont.
gomery, Champaign, Darke, Fayette,
Greene, Madison, Miami, Preble and
Shelby counties. A year ago the Dem
ocrats of this district refused to put
up any candidate against Judge James
l. Allread, Republican, one of the
three judges of the court of appeals of
the Second district, and now the Re-
publicans hav& agreed to leave the
way open to Judge H. L. Fernending,
Democrat, of the same court, for re-
election without opposition. This is
the first time that any district in the
state has adopted such a plan. Sup.
,porters of the non-partisan judiciary
election law cite this situation in an
argument in favor of this statute.
I No More Large Buildings.
mo more large buildings for the
state institutions" is the slogan these
days among those who are studying
the best means of housing the states
wards The objection to the large
buildings is that they do not LEND
themselves easily to the individual
Hstic care of the patients as easily as
the smaller cottages where the pa
tients can be kept in small groups OF
families. During the last 10 years al
of the new structures erected at state
institutions have been of the cottage
type-or practically all of them-anC
the result, it is declared. has beer
more satisfactory than has been ex
pected. Previously the idea was t
erect enormous single structures
W06T6 uldny lnudICS COulN
be housed together.
Cooked for Gov. Todd.
Mrs. Martha Todd, colored, whC
cooked Thanksgiving dinners fol
Ohio's governors during the time o
the Civil war is still living in Colum
bus and still maintains her reputation
for e4pertness in the culinary line
She is now "A years old. Mrs. Tod(
was special cook for Gov. David TodC
from 1862 to 1864 and had the homo
of cooking the first meal which thu
tswar" governor partoOk of after HI
came to Columbus to begin his regime
Thanksgiving turkey, mince pie ant
Virginia biscuits were among the ia
nous Todd specialties that used t,
bring of1cialdom to the feet of thu
culinary celebrity
Has Seen Many Come and Go.
Every Ohioan who has even been t.
the state capital has seen Fred Blank
ner, veteran caretaker of the hall o
the house of representatives, ant
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grieved to know that this S0-year-olt
official is suffering from an acute al
tack Of rheumatism, Just how seriou
the attack will be is not now known
Mr.. Blenkner has been for nearly 6
years constantly the attendant upol
every legislature. He was here whe
candles and oil lamps were burned t
the accompaniment of law making.
Carload of License Tags.
Within a few days State Registra
w. H. Walker will receive a carloa
of 1915 automobile license tags. Their
will be 10000 sets in the shipmen
Two more carloads will arrive With
a week or 10 days. The tags will b
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