The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-23
Violated EederaL statute.

] FEDERAL statute, Dr. j. +. Jones OF this
city, formerly a member of the state
/ library commission, was sentenced
/ by Judge John q. Safer in fed
eral court to serve q sentence of so
days in the Franklin county jail and
to pay fine of $3.50. DR.. Jones was
the organizer of the North Side cham
Der of commerce in this city and for
seven years its president. During his
term as a member of the state library
commission DR.. Jones drew neither
salary nor expenses, being probably
the only state official who during his
term of office never drew a cent from
the state treasury. Before his SEN
tence DR.. Jones addressed the court,
admitting his technical guilt and ex-
! planning the fact by interference with
his work by the death of his wife,
which left him distracted so that he
was unfit to keep such records of sales
of narcotics as the new law requires.
He said he was advised by his law
yers that he could probably have the
judgment reversed by carrying the
case up, but that it might result in
having the law set aside. He was in
favor of the law and did not want
good law annulled for his sake. All
through his professional career he
had labored to reduce the evils of the
use of narcotics.
More Appointments.
Another member of the True De.
mocracy league, which supported the
present administration at the state
election a year ago last November,
has been given recognition by Gov.
Willis. Benjamin Mckinney, who was
state oil inspector during the Harmon
administration, is the one so recog.
nized. The chief executive has ap.
pointed him a member of the board
of state charities, a position, which
while it carries with it much work
and responsibility, is unsalaried
Friends of Mr. Mckinney expected
that he would land a place that paid
well. He succeeds M. P. Mooney,
Democrat, of Cleveland, on the board
The governor has reappointed Doug
las Perkins, Republican, of Cleveland
on the board. DR.. w. w. Ryall, Re-
publican, of Youngstown has been ap
pointed to succeed DR.. R. H. CRUDE
Republican, of Xenia as member OF
the state medical board.
Lentz Out for Nomination.
John ]. Lentz, who went to the sup.
port of William ]. Bryan back in 1886
on the free silver, lately went over to
him on the prohibition question and
now takes place by his side on the
peace matter He caused it to be an.
nounced here recently that he would
stand as candidate for the nomina-
ton by the Democrats for United
States senator next year on a peace
platform against Senator Atlee Pom.
creme. He states that he has gone to
considerable pains to sound out the
sentiment in the state on the prepar.
edness program Of President Wilson,
which Senator Pomerene is support.
ing, and finds that there is opposition
in the Democratic party to it.
SampIing Christmas Candy.
Scores of samples of colored Christ. |
mas candy, mostly of the cheap vari.
ETY., have been collected from various
parts of the state by inspectors of the
state pure food department for analy. |
sis to determine if anything harmful
is used in the coloring. The European |
war has boosted the price of coloring
of io1 hi
and because of the almost prohibitive
prices substitute for coloring is be- |
ing used which the department sus.
poets contains injurious ingredients. |
The sale of candy found to contain
anything harmful will be stopped by
the department
May Cause q Row.
DR.. A. G. Hildreth of Macon, Ca, has
laid the foundation for a good sized
row. In addressing the Ohio Osteo.
pathic association in Columbus he de.
clared that while he believes in sur
gerry, that if there was not a single
surgeon on earth there would be fewer
deaths from the lack of surgery than
are now caused by unnecessary oper.
ations. 1t is probable that surgeons
will assail this assertion with no little
violence. DR.. c. A. Ross of Cincinnati
the new "finger surgery" for
deafness, which osteopaths
declare they are using with much
success.
Must Pay Back Fees.
The state industrial commission has
that the owners of large
number of boilers in the state that
comes within the range OF
the boiler inspection law have been
9vading the law for the last two years,
and they have issued orders to the
state inspector, ]. G. Gallery, to go
after these persons and collect from
hem the fees that they should have
paid. TIE amount due from them is
about $4,000.
Abide by Court Decision.
J. Edward Hurst of New Philadel.
Dhia declared at the governors
office that he would not resist
he order of the supreme court
,usting him from the state liquor
license commission and reinstat-
ng Byron M. Clendenning of Gin.
,innati in that position, from which he
vas removed by Gov. Willis, who sub
put Hurst in Clendening's
lace. Hurst conferred with attorneys
nd the governor, and after full dis
ussion of the situation it was de.
ided to abide by the decision of the
ourt.
$500 Nurses Have Registered.
More than $500 nurses have regis
cred with the state medical board un-
er the new nurses registration law.
III who register before the first of the
ew year will be licensed without ex-
providing they have the
ecessary qualification. Those wishing
n hecone nurges after that time will