The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-09-30
ohio Wln Have New eovernOr.

serious nature comes to pass
then little will be heard Of
Lieut.. Gov. ]. H. (Jack) Arnold.
But all the while there will be a
potential new governor ready to spring
into the executive chair and tide the
/ commonwealth over any especially
rough places until the chief helmsman
returns Mr.. Arnold has just made it
known that he does not intend to try
to "usurp" any of the powers or pre-
negatives Of governor unless an emer-
/ gency arise threatening the health,
peace or safety of the state. If such
an emergency does come, the second
officer says he will arise to the occa-
sion and meet it. "If lieutenant gov
ernor did not do so, he should be re-
moved and a man placed in his office
who had the ability and stamina to do
! it," says the lieutenant governors
statement. But while the second officer
is acting in a potential or even an ac-
tive capacity he will act solely for the
GLORY" of the cause. Constitutional
lawyers say that the constitution does
not provide that the acting governor
draw the salary of the chief, even
should the latter be disabled. Other
state constitutions, however, are more
explicit and provide that the lieutenant
governor shall assume the duties of
governor even when the governor
leaves the borders of the state. 1t de-
velops that Gov. Willis has not desig-
mated anybody, excepting possibly his
secretary, to perform his duties while
he shall be away. This leaves the lieu
tenant governor with little authority to
act unless in an emergency, when he
would assume authority. The governor
and his party left Columbus for the
west today. With the chief executive,
in addition to Mrs. Willis, are Adjt.
Gen. Hough and Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Jones. Mr.. Jones is secretary to the
state tax commission and goes with
the governor to act as a travelling Sec
retary. The members of the party pay
their individual expenses, and they will
ride on a regular Pullman as ordinary
passengers
Criminal Goes to Insane Asylum.
Ben F. Lands, notorious criminal,
sent to the penitentiary in 1900 with
Benjamin and Albert Wade, brothers,
for the murder of the Sullivan sisters
at Trilby, Lucas county, has been
transferred to Lima state hospital for
criminal insane The Wade boys were
electrocuted in 1904 after one of the
hardest fought legal battles ever
waged in the state to set aside death
sentences. Lands has always main.
tained that he was innocent. A mum.
ber of the worst prisoners have been
removed from the penitentiary to the
Lima institution lately. Ira Marlatt,
formerly known as the prison Demon"
who was transferred to that hospital
early this month, stabbed a guard and
nearly killed him just before he was
taken away. Marlatt killed an inoffen.
sive Quaker in Columbiana county in
a controversy over the payment of a
bill.
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 mem,
ber of the company, recently settled
with the government for it's 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
: Opticians Plan Fight
Members of the Ohio Optical associ
alton from various parts of the state
r are meeting in Columbus to plan q
+ fight to prevent the state medica
board from exercising jurisdiction ovel
n their profession. They have been try
l. ing for years to prevail upon the legis
/ latuTe to enact a law providing for 6
r board to be composed of opticians
q The state medical board contends that
I the new Platt-Ellis act brings OPTIC
q metrists under their jurisdiction anC
that they must pay fee and be Ii
censed Many members of the associ
: alton contend that the new law does
t not affect them.
f File Applications for Licenses.
: Immediately after the optometrists
+ of the state held a meeting in Colum
bus to talk of fighting the Platt-Ellis
law, which requires members of this
D profession to take out a license from
e the state medical board, scores of op
e tometrists went to the office of the
3 board and filed applications for Ii
censes.
Boy Is Champion Map Drawer.
I Virgil Espenschied, a school boy OF
: Hartville, Stark county, is the cham.
] pion map drawer of the school boys
. of the state. He won the first prize in
. the contest for this held at the state
! fair. Miss Lucille Clark of Portsmouth
, won the state championship in sewing
= anu MlsS heSLld ElIlFeIs VI TuLndm
, county that in canning and baking
, contest. Putnam county had the finest
school exhibit at the fair, with Jeffer-
son county second best. The names of
these winners have just been an.
, nounced by the state board of agricul.
ture.
Names Fire Prevention Day.
Gov Willis has just issued procla-
nation designating Saturday, Oct. 9, as
fire prevention day. The governor
recommended that the teachers in the
. public schools instruct pupils in the
meaning of the day and suggested that
school superintendents order fire drill
instruction in the schools. The execu-